BUSINESS

monday 2 february 2026

the housing market starts the new year with a bang, with a pick-up in both prices and successful auctions.

• the rba convenes today and tomorrow to deliberate on interest rates, and markets reckon there will be a rate hike tomorrow
• the crisis in the federal coalition gets worse with polling showing pauline hanson is now the country’s most popular politician 
• the prices of gold, silver and bitcoin tumble after us president donald trump announces his pick for fed chair. 
• the latest epstein email releases capture leading business figures, including bill gates and elon musk.

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it's been a week of big numbers: inflation, the aussie dollar, the price of gold, even the record temperature set in victoria. there's also dual leadership spills in the coalition, and talk of an aussie in one of the world's top jobs.

sean aylmer and michael thompson go head to head on the top business stories of the week, with adam lang picking a winner in a fierce debate.

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this is the fear and greed afternoon report - everything you need to know about what happened in the markets, economy and world of business today, in just a few minutes.

1. asx slumps 0.7pc on fed speculation

2. hastie pulls out of lib leadership race

3. nine entertainment sells radio stations

4. nipa virus outbreak

5. apple’s record iphone sales

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friday 30 january 2026

renewable energy provides the majority of electricity across the nation during the december quarter, for the first time. 

• senior liberals meet without sussan ley to discuss the party’s leadership
• tesla to stop making model s and model x evs as the company pushes into robotics
• a good day for uranium and a bad one for rare earths
• the eu and india do a mega trade deal

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this is the fear and greed afternoon report - everything you need to know about what happened in the markets, economy and world of business today, in just a few minutes.

1. iran fears send gold soaring

2. fed keeps rates on hold

3. pm and states to meet on health

4. apple fixing telstra issue

5. 16,000 amazon layoffs

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thursday 29 january 2026

the reserve bank is set to lift interest rates next week after inflation picks up. 

• the aussie dollar pushes beyond us 70c. 
• droneshield’s boss explains why he had to sell $50 million worth of shares. 
• nationals leader david littleproud to face a leadership spill next week. 
• why oil is measured in barrels.

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this is the fear and greed afternoon report - everything you need to know about what happened in the markets, economy and world of business today, in just a few minutes.

1. cpi jumps, aud hits 3 yr high

2. grocery wars heat up

3. morrison’s controversial speech slammed 

4. rudd may run for un job

5. ups to cut 30,000 jobs

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wednesday 28 january 2026

bhp becomes the largest company on the asx, overtaking the commonwealth bank. 

• business confidence picks up, ahead of today’s all-important inflation data 
• cotality forecasts the hottest property prices in 2026
• teal mp monique ryan’s take on naming heatwaves
• the donald trump memecoin tanks.

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this is the fear and greed afternoon report - everything you need to know about what happened in the markets, economy and world of business today, in just a few minutes.

1. asx hits three month high

2. victoria heatwave sets record

3. qld premier condemns flag burning

4. droneshield pipeline worries

5. nra turns on trump over minneapolis shooting

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tuesday 27 january 2026

local investors are hoping for a benign inflation reading this week, amid all the global turmoil. but if they don’t get one, then a rate hike next week is likely. 

• australia’s largest steel company, bluescope, shops itself around 
• the push to replace liberal leader sussan ley intensifies 
• protests mar australia day across the nation
• the story of a former flight attendant who conned his way onto hundreds of free flights by posing as a pilot

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