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 slips as BHP weighs on miners
2. Helen Haines loses leg after alleged attack
3. ASIC makes inquiries into Firmus float collapse
4. France imposes curfews as unrest spreads
5. Elon Musk promises SpaceX shares to every American child

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Tuesday 20 October 2026

Two mega mergers stoke the ASX.

• Federal MP Helen Haines run down in ‘deliberate attack’
• The RBA says a higher $A can help tame inflation
• Vladimir Putin suggests a summit between Donald Trump, Xi Jinping and himself
• Japan’s ready to send a rocket to Mars, to discover more about the red planet’s moons

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Australia could be facing one of the strongest El Niño events on record, bringing the risk of drought, bushfires and higher food prices. But the economic consequences could extend much further, adding to inflationary pressures at an already difficult time for the economy.

Sean Aylmer speaks with Paul Bloxham, Chief Economist for Australia, New Zealand and Global Commodities at HSBC, about the potential impact on agriculture, global food prices, insurance costs and government finances - and why another inflation shock could force the Reserve Bank to raise interest rates again.

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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 despite global tech rout
2. NSW Premier intervenes to save coal jobs
3. Vietjet's Australian ambitions hit turbulence
4. Work-from-home rights begin next week
5. Macron calls for calm after protests

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Monday 19 October 2026

A sell-off in AI stocks, rioting in France and a White House in turmoil set to hit financial markets.

• The RBA warns that its ability to control inflation shouldn’t be taken for granted
• Gold Fields ups the ante in its lobbying to buy Northern Star
• The spring selling season fails to fire
• YouTube is eating Netflix

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Australia's economy is slowing, unemployment is rising, and yet inflation remains stubbornly high. It's an uncomfortable combination for the Reserve Bank, which is trying to work out whether four interest rate rises have done enough to bring inflation under control.

Sean Aylmer speaks with Sally Auld, Chief Economist at NAB, about the week ahead for the economy, as well as last week's jump in unemployment to 4.7 per cent, which sectors are holding up and which are struggling, and why NAB believes interest rates may have peaked. They also answer a listener question about why education costs remain such a persistent contributor to inflation.

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This week: is it a good week or a bad week for the Australian economy? A wine bargain for the ages, two spectacular dummy spits, and the unlikely connection between Sean and Michael's early careers.

It's the Saturday Edition of Fear & Greed, with Michael Thompson and Sean Aylmer going head-to-head in a battle of the week's best business stories, judged by Adam Lang.

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