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Behind every story is Fear & Greed. What distinguishes volatility and opportunity. Prosperity or peril. We take you to the heart of the story because when you know why, you know what’s next.

Ask Fear & Greed: Are there any good reasons for tariffs?

Are there any good reasons for tariffs?

Join Sean Aylmer & Michael Thompson as they answer questions on business, investing, economics, politics and more.

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PM lauds talk with Beijing; ASX worst day in two months; NAB CEO under scrutiny

Thursday 17 July 2025

Anthony Albanese characterises talks with China’s leaders as 'constructive' and highlights the respect Beijing is showing Australia.

And more, including:

  • Rio Tinto gets a new boss
  • The local share market records its worst day since May
  • Oracle’s Larry Ellison becomes the world’s second richest person

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Interview: Flying cars are closer than you think

AMSL Aero is a company trying to make many childhood dreams come true - flying cars.

The company's aircraft, known as evTOL - electric vertical take-off and landing - lifts and lands like a helicopter, but flies like a plane.

CEO of AMSL Aero, Adriano Di Pietro, joins Sean Aylmer in the studio to talk about the aircraft, its use cases, and how close it is to becoming a reality.

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Afternoon Report | ASX tumbles

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. Banks sold off

  2. Cash flow problems

  3. Rare earths win

  4. Tassie poll

  5. Pharma tariffs

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Ask Fear & Greed: How reliant are we on China?

With Anthony Albanese in China meeting President Xi Jinping, I wanted to ask: How reliant are we on China?

Join Sean Aylmer & Michael Thompson as they answer questions on business, investing, economics, politics and more.

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Albo-Xi to push through trade turmoil; ASX hits high; RBA wants to ban card charges

Wednesday 16 July 2025

Anthony Albanese meets Chinese President XI Jinping, and the two stress the need to not let global trade turbulence derail the Canberra-Beijing relationship.

And more, including:

  • Reserve Bank wants to overhaul the payments system
  • The local sharemarket closes at a record high
  • Australians are changing the way they shop

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Interview: How census data is 'quietly shaping the world around us'

This week we heard that the Australian Bureau of Statistics has chosen 60,000 homes to take part in a test census, to make sure the real event next year runs without incident.

For the first time, it will include questions about sexual orientation and gender for people over 16.

Hari Hara Priya Kannan, Chief Data Scientist for The Demographics Group talks to Sean Aylmer about why we do a census, and what we can expect.

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Afternoon Report | Markets, elections and sentiment

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 closing high

  2. Bradfield dispute

  3. Keating invite

  4. Sentiment rising

  5. Trump’s Russia threat

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Ask Fear & Greed: Which countries will be hit hardest by tariffs?

Given all the noise around Trumps’s tariff policies, which countries stand to suffer most?

Join Sean Aylmer & Michael Thompson as they answer questions on business, investing, economics, politics and more.

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Building targets out of reach; Bitcoin surges to new record; measles cases surge in US

Tuesday 15 July 2025

The Albanese government claims it can reach home building targets, after Treasury advice said it’s unlikely.

And more, including:

  • Bitcoin surges, hitting a new record
  • Bureau of Statistics readies for the next census
  • Measle cases surge in the United States

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