Topic: COVID-19

COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by the virus strain severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Worldwide spread of the disease began for the first time in 2019 and has developed into the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic.

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Property market pressures

24 September 2021 | Mark Thirlwell MAICD

Property markets have been the centre of attention this week. Mostly this was due to developments around troubled Chinese property developer Evergrande. We (again) spend some time discussing this in t...

Delta distorts another labour result; OECD policy advice

17 September 2021 | Mark Thirlwell MAICD

This week’s big data release was the August labour force report, where lockdowns continued to distort some of the headline data. This produced the disconcerting combination of another fall...

Delta dampens global growth

10 September 2021 | Mark Thirlwell MAICD

The RBA believes that Delta will ‘delay but not derail’ the recovery. The latest data though shows that the strain is taking its toll on the global economy. Plus, poor results on the jobs front, thoug...

AICD and COVID-19 – information for members, clients, faculty and stakeholders.

7 September 2021

In light of COVID-19, this page contains information about AICD services and the steps we are taking to safeguard the health of staff, members, clients, faculty and all other stakeholders.

Second quarter GDP shows pre-Delta economy in decent shape

3 September 2021 | Mark Thirlwell MAICD

The main focus this week was the June quarter GDP result. There had been some speculation that the data might deliver a surprise quarterly decline which – given that a Delta- and lockdown-driven cont...

Damaged by Delta

1 September 2021 | Mark Thirlwell MAICD

The impact of the resurgent coronavirus Delta variant threatens to take the gloss off the global economic outlook, writes AICD chief economist Mark Thirlwell MAICD.

Private sector activity contracts for a second month

27 August 2021 | Mark Thirlwell MAICD

The Flash Composite Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for Australia fell deeper into negative territory in August, hitting a 15-month low and signalling a second month of falling activity as lockdowns a...

Five response steps to the crisis for SMEs

23 August 2021 | Shelley Dempsey

As lockdowns continue in 2021, the number of distressed businesses are on the rise. How can organisations and their boards cope with disappearing cashflow and other challenges posed to their existence...

Unemployment falls even as lockdowns bite

20 August 2021 | Mark Thirlwell MAICD

The July labour force report saw the unemployment rate tumble to 4.6 per cent, its lowest rate since 2008, defying consensus forecasts of a lockdown-driven increase in joblessness. The median forecas...

Consumer and business confidence drops

13 August 2021 | Mark Thirlwell MAICD

A light week on the Australian data front showed the Delta variant and state lockdowns again weighing on households and businesses. The monthly Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment...

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