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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 falls as unemployment rises

2. openai agent hacks medicare data

3. climate reporting improves

4. albanese collects global citizen award

5. trump rolls out red carpet for xi

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thursday 24 september 2026

myer announces a big drop in sales as retailers struggle to survive higher interest rates.

• the cost of servicing the federal government’s debt is set to jump by billions of dollars
• prime minister anthony albanese meets us president donald trump, but the two countries are increasingly at odds over ai
• iran and the us sit back down at the negotiating table
• el nino causes havoc, and death, across the pacific ocean

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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

2. barnaby joyce explains neo-nazi encounter

3. ai shopping agents worry the banks

4. sydney-new york direct from 2028

5. trump threatens iran, rejects ai rules

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wednesday 23 september 2026

wall street booms as chipmakers and big tech make a comeback. 

• reserve bank governor michele bullock suggests unemployment will rise more before inflation falls back under control
• asic puts the private credit sector on notice
• aussies love etfs
• donald trump launches trump tv, after banning news outlets from the white house

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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 ai rally returns
2. australia joins global push for ai safeguards
3. jetstar workers to waive passenger fees
4. ai boom could lift productivity – eventually
5. alibaba unveils powerful new ai chip

australia joins global push for ai safeguardsjetstar workers to waive passenger feesai boom could lift productivity – eventuallyalibaba unveils powerful new ai chip

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tuesday 22 september 2026

the government’s intergenerational report promises a bigger, wealthier australia, but paying for living standards we’ve come to expect will get much harder. 

• all the big bank economists are now expecting a rate hike in a week’s time
• an enquiry calls for an overhaul of the triple zero regime
• byd cuts the price of its entry version ev, making it the cheapest new car on the market
• brigitte bardot’s belongings go up for sale

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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 flat as rate hike looms

2. labor primary vote falls to 27pc

3. takeover bids knocked back

4. siobhan mckenna gets new york role

5. trump adds drones and snipers to arch plan

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monday 21 september 2026

the reserve bank readies itself for a rate rise. 

• prime minister anthony albanese says australia and other like-minded nations will work to control ai 
• australia is set to get a new large cap on the asx, as ai group firmus technologies looks to list
• auction clearance rates drop again
• the verdict is in on apple’s new version of siri

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sean aylmer and michael thompson are back to battle over the stories of the week, with adam lang deciding a winner across four categories.

this week: the immigration debate, whether we can trust the companies driving the ai boom, weapons in space, donald trump falling out with old friends, an unusual plan for university campuses, some very questionable new vocabulary... and a record-breaking australian bull.

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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 flat after rates warning

2. iag dumps kpmg

3. bathla secures another week

4. claude is helping build its successor

5. japan lifts rates to 31-year high

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