BUSINESS

this is the fear & 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 tumbles 2pc as bond yields surge

2. m&a burst

3. governments tip another $200m into rio smelter

4. anika wells makes time list

5. australians caught up in terrifying flydubai flight

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thursday 1 october 2026

house prices fall for a sixth consecutive month across the country with owners wondering how far the slump will go. 

• august inflation comes in slightly lower than expected, but that’s unlikely to prevent another rate hike
• credit and debit card surcharges disappear from today
• mental health emerges as the leading workplace safety problem
• one of the world’s biggest sporting teams, manchester city, found guilty of defrauding the english premier league

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this is the fear & 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 rallies on inflation figures

2. glencore, yancoal coal expansion approved

3. sydney airport near miss rated most serious

4. australian universities slide in global rankings

5. uk pm says brexit has done ‘more harm than good’

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wednesday 30 september 2026

the reserve bank lifts interest rates, and another hike is tipped before the end of the year. australia now has the highest interest rates among major developed economies. 

• openai apologises for its model hacking australia’s medicare system
• asian airlines are increasingly becoming the carriers of choice for aussies
• milk wars break out
• the leaked prospectus of ipo candidate anthropic says ai could pose an existential risk to humanity. 

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this is the fear & 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 rises as rba lifts rates

2. codan expects profit to more than double

3. hanson-young bids for greens leadership

4. pope rebukes nvidia boss over ai

5. five bailed after uk terror arrests

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tuesday 29 september 2026

the albanese government closes in on being the highest taxing government in history. 

• global investors get jittery over the lack of progress in the strait of hormuz
• the share prices of two asx-listed companies surge after one receives a takeover bid, and the other knocks back an offer 
• the country’s most powerful battery hits full capacity
• taylor swift is now, officially, queen of the video music awards

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this is the fear & 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 edges higher ahead of rba

2. rates could hit 5.35pc

3. virgin cancellations hit 30,000 passengers

4. mike baird quits cricket australia

5. five arrested near raf base

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monday 28 september 2026

get ready for higher loan repayments with the reserve bank set to lift interest rates tomorrow. 

• manufacturing in australia needs 91,000 new workers over the next decade
• traditionally the weakest month on the asx is september, and this year’s vintage is particularly poor
• mcdonald’s is set to revamp its global network of 44,000 stores
• what data reveals about the secret to a happy relationship

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the saturday edition brings together the serious, the surprising and the slightly ridiculous stories of the week.

this week: who’s really to blame when an ai agent breaks into medicare; whether the rba needs to read the room before its next rates decision; the most revealing fact buried in the intergenerational report; and which world leader donald trump might actually be friends with if politics wasn’t involved.

sean aylmer and michael thompson go head-to-head, with adam lang picking the winner.

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this is the fear & 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. netwealth tumbles

2. pm at un

3. two rate hikes

4. star setback

5. trump-xi meeting

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