Thursday 1 May 2025

Interest rates set to fall after the country’s underlying inflation rate fell to its lowest point in three-and-a-half years.

• Home prices across the country rise for the third month in a row.
• Coles is winning the war against Woolworths.
• Plus both sides of politics get aggressive against the other, and Donald Trump gets aggressive against pretty much everyone in a speech to mark 100 days in office.

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Two years ago, inflation was at 7%. Now it's at 2.4%, with the RBA's preferred measure also now within the target band. So is inflation finally under control?

EY Oceania Chief Economist Cherelle Murphy talks to Sean Aylmer about the March quarter CPI figures, and what it means for interest rates.

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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 jumps

2. Election tightens

3. Star losses

4. Westpac $140m bill

5. Trump tariff pain

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In the lead-up to the federal election, join Sean Aylmer and Michael Thompson every week for a look at the latest in campaign news. This week, what we learnt from the final debate, whether Peter Dutton has done enough to convince voters to give him a chance, and our predictions for the result.

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Wednesday 30 April 2025

Energy giant Woodside will spend $27 billion developing an LNG plant in Louisiana in the south of the US, which would put it among the major global gas producers.

And more, including:

• James Packer sets a suburb record after selling a mansion in Beverly Hills.
• We take a look at 100 days of Donald Trump.
• Plus the latest political news ahead of Saturday’s election.
• And the former boss of Virgin Australia to take over Dan Murphy’s owner, Endeavour Group.

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Yesterday former Virgin Australia boss Jayne Hrdlicka was announced as the incoming CEO of Endeavour, the hospitality group that owns Dan Murphy’s and BWS liquor stores, as well as hundreds of pubs around the country.

Endeavour was spun out of Woolworths in 2021, and has had a pretty challenging couple of years, in part due to cost of living pressures hitting retail sales.

Johannes Faul, Director of Equity Research ANZ at Morningstar, talks to Sean Aylmer about whether a new CEO will be able to turn Endeavour around, as well as the broader state of the retail sector.

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1. ASX high for 2025

2. Rio smelter worries

3. MinRes jump

4. Northern Star tumbles

5. Canada election

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Australia's AAA credit rating is at risk from big-spending election promises. What is a credit rating, and why does it matter?

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