BUSINESS

wednesday 5 november 2025

the reserve bank leaves interest rates on hold, with little clear direction about whether there’ll be any more rate cuts. 

• the corporate regulator, asic, criticises private credit players in a benchmark review of financial markets. 
• the federal government will force electricity suppliers to provide three free hours of energy to households each day. 
• microsoft’s mega-deal with a largely unknown tasmanian data centre operator. 
• the maldives becomes the first country in the world to outlaw cigarette smoking.

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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. rba holds steady
2. market dips 0.9pc

3. cup day in australia

4. netflix hit with $100 million aussie content quota
5. amazon’s $us38 billion openai deal

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tuesday 4 november 2025

the reserve bank board meets as signs emerge of a slowdown in the economy, notwithstanding inflation is still too high. 

• westpac announces a lower profit as it struggles to win share in the mortgage market. 
• optus starts taking back control of its operations following the triple zero outage. 
• the climate change crisis within the coalition escalates, with members of the liberal party now split over the issue.
• the hardest working australians are revealed. 

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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 climbs
2. droneshield’s mysterious contract

3. australia post brings in bain

4. auction market quiets for cup week
5. hanson, rinehart and trump’s gatsby party
   

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monday 3 november 2025

house prices rise at their fastest pace in more than two years. 

• wall street’s tech titans surge as their dominance of the s&p500 grows. 
• the federal coalition heads for a stoush over climate policy. 
• warren buffett leaves a record cash pile of $us382 billion for his successor
• two aussie hotels make the list of the world’s top 50 places to stay.

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an inflation shock, the us & chinese presidents meet, james hardie's chair dumped, and wisetech raided. it's been a massive week for business news, and plenty of fodder for the weekend edition.

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 flat
   
2. anz flags $1.1 billion profit hit
   
3. liberals soften stance on net zero
   
4. resmed expands us manufacturing
   
5. prince andrew stripped of royal titles
   
   

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friday 31 october 2025

shareholders dramatically oust the chair of james hardie over its controversial $14 billion merger with a us building materials company. 

• donald trump meets xi jinping and promises to accelerate us nuclear testing. 
• coles records much faster sales growth than archrival woolworths. 
• nvidia becomes the first company to be valued at $us5 trillion
• bunnings and kmart warn of a big rise in aggressive behaviour from shoppers.

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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. retailers dumped

2. senate battle

3. minres surges

4. corporate update

5. us rate cut

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thursday 30 october 2025

hot inflation dashes hopes of an interest rate cut on melbourne cup day next week. 

• woolworths sales disappoint, though the supermarket’s outlook is improving. 
• both microsoft and apple pass $uss4 trillion in market capitalisation. 
• the federal government is under fire over a lack of new social housing.
• social media companies get creative finding ways to block under-16-year-olds.

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