AICD’s Chief Economist: Mark Thirlwell GAICD

With over 30 years’ experience, Mark’s webinars, opinion pieces, weekly podcast and email newsletter keep members up to date on the key economic issues and forces shaping the environment in which directors operate.

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article 27 Jun 2025
Australian disinflation resumes as Iran-Israel conflict pauses
article 20 Jun 2025
Oil price risk, jobs and economic reform
article 13 Jun 2025
Productivity and the quest for growth
article 06 Jun 2025
A soft first quarter for the Australian economy
article 30 May 2025
Inflation went sideways in April
article 23 May 2025
A ‘confident’ rate cut for uncertain times
article 16 May 2025
Trump blinks, markets cheer…but RBA should still cut next week
article 09 May 2025
The economics of the election
article 02 May 2025
Underlying inflation back below three per cent
article 11 Apr 2025
Trump tariff chaos: What boards need to do now
article 04 Apr 2025
‘Liberation Day’ arrives after RBA holds
article 28 Mar 2025
Good inflation news for the RBA
article 25 Mar 2025
Budget 2025: An Unexpected Budget in an Uncertain World
article 21 Mar 2025
Australian Budget 2025-26 preview
article 14 Mar 2025
More tariffs and Australia’s changing labour market
article 07 Mar 2025
Global regime change, Australian growth and RBA minutes
article 28 Feb 2025
Monthly inflation update, plus trade lessons from Trump 1.0
article 21 Feb 2025
A cautious rate cut
article 14 Feb 2025
The case for an RBA rate cut
article 07 Feb 2025
Welcome back…to trade wars, policy uncertainty, new-look RBA
article 13 Dec 2024
A more dovish RBA, lower unemployment and the rise of the Care Economy
article 06 Dec 2024
Private demand stagnates as the per capita recession continues
article 29 Nov 2024
Is Germany’s business model kaput and should we care?
article 22 Nov 2024
Good COP, bad COP?
article 15 Nov 2024
Wage growth returns to below four per cent
article 08 Nov 2024
RBA holds, Trump returns
article 01 Nov 2024
Inflation back below three per cent
article 25 Oct 2024
Resilience amid risks: Global economy snapshot
article 18 Oct 2024
Another robust labour market result
article 11 Oct 2024
RBA messaging signals early recovering confidence
article 04 Oct 2024
Should we worry about a global oil shock?
article 27 Sep 2024
Inflation slows as the RBA holds rates
article 20 Sep 2024
Australia’s labour market remains resilient as the US Fed cuts rates

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