Monday 9 June 2025

The top five business stories in five minutes, with Sean Aylmer and Michael Thompson.

1. Small caps beat large caps
2. Toyota dominates sales
3. BHP looks at nickel again
4. Silver has a moment
5. Rice crisis in Japan

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Listener Wesley asks: We believe in free markets. The Bond market sets interest rates. Forecasts are never correct. predictions of "wage price spirals " never materialise.

Contradictory statements of "We are data driven, we don't see that in our model/forecast". And finally only reaching their mandate once in a decade of both core and headline in the target range.

Why do we have the RBA?

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

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Sean Aylmer and Michael Thompson go head to head to decide on the top business stories of the week.

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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. Musk v Trump

3. Risk assets sold

4. AUD at 6 month high

5. Trump-Xi talk

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Friday 6 June 2025

The top five business stories in five minutes, with Sean Aylmer and Michael Thompson.

1. Labor close to $3m super deal
2. Aust returns to trade deficit with US
3. Ocean temps soar
4. Trump bans travellers
5. EV ship goes up in smoke

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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. Battery metals soar

3. Virgin update

4. Iron ore falls

5. Trump-Putin talk

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Thursday 5 June 2025

The top five business stories in five minutes, with Sean Aylmer and Michael Thompson.

1. Aussie economy slows to a crawl
2. CBA pushes beyond $300b
3. Virgin IPO for ASX

Meta goes nuclearMusk hammers Trump’s bill

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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. Eco growth weak

2. Europe-Australia trade talks

3. Teal wins final seat

4. Westpac sued

5. Dutch govt collapses

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Wednesday 4 June 2025

The top five business stories in five minutes, with Sean Aylmer and Michael Thompson.

1. 3.5pc wage rise for 2.6m workers
2. RBA warns on tariffs
3. One seat still undecided after election
4. AI takes centre stage for business
5. Truck crash releases 14m bees

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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. Treasury trouble

2. Ag output jumps

3. Treasury wine warning

4. AUD jumps

5. IDP plummets

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