Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.
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Friday Reading Edition 124 (30th September 2022)
The plan seems to be to borrow large sums at increasingly expensive rates, put government debt on an unsustainable rising path, and hope that we get better growth – says Paul Johnson, IFS Director.
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The new Prime Minister was elected on a platform of deep tax cuts, coupled with regulatory loosening. This would represent a major change in policy direction from the previous Johnson/Sunak partnership.
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After 70 years on the throne, the part Queen Elizabeth played in UK government seemed to reflect hard and fast rules about the monarch’s constitutional position in relation to the executive. But King Charles III is already showing that he wants to put his own stamp on this important aspect of his new role, says Hannah White of the think tank Institute for Government.
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Prime Minister Liz Truss has promised to push ahead with the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill. In addition, she is reported to be planning to trigger Article 16 of the Protocol. While relations between the UK and the EU are now in a bad place, it is possible to find a way forward, provided both sides are prepared to move and then engage in hard, detailed negotiation. The issues are indeed complex, but if the UK and the EU can surely craft a solution here.
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[Subscription required] Writing in this Hong Kong-based newspaper, Mark Logan, vice-chair for the All-Party Parliamentary China Group in the UK, writes about what we can expect from the new prime minister with regard to UK-China relations.
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During her campaign, Liz Truss promised to unshackle the City of London by making the most of Brexit in the 164-billion-pound financial sector. What’s her plan?
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Friday Reading Edition 124 (30th September 2022)
The combination of supply chain bottlenecks, generous government spending, tight labour markets and a commodity shock triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, has caused inflation to shoot well above central banks’ targets across many developed economies. That’s putting pressure on household finances and business margins.
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Friday Reading Edition 127 (21st October 2022)
This report provides an overview of how climate change will affect the insurance and investments industries; and the changes it will likely bring about.
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Friday Reading Edition 132 (25th November 2022)
Yael Selfin, Chief Economist at KPMG (UK) provided an overview of the UK’s economic outlook over the summer, though her discussion of the UK’s economic fundamentals continues to be relevant today.
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Friday Reading Edition 124 (30th September 2022)
UK economic growth is slowing and is widely expected to reduce to a crawl in 2023, with real GDP expansion potentially one of the lowest in the G20 group.
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