Sean Alma

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436 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 7 May

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FEAR & GREED | Business News · RBA hikes rates; Westpac sold-off; EV sales surge · 5 May 2026 podcast

Yeah, it's held me up very well.

The downside, and we're all miserable wee journalists, so we think of it the downside, is that in the process of growing lending, Westpac has reduced its net interest margin, which is effectively its profit margin.

It's also had to up its provisions for bad credit going forward.

Banking analysts are also wondering whether growing the loan book as the economy enters a period of higher interest rates and slower growth is sensible or

question mark on that one.

Miller said the Middle East was presenting challenges for some households and business customers, though credit quality was actually better at the end of March than last year.

Investors weren't totally convinced its share price closed down 2%, underperforming its peers.

Yes, I like that particular discount, I've got to say, Juliet.

Back to the sales figures for April, nearly 93,000 vehicles were sold last month, up 2% from a year earlier, while Toyota remains the market leader, thanks to sales of Hilux and RAV4, which itself is a hybrid vehicle.

Three Chinese manufacturers, which focus on EVs and hybrids, are now in the top 10, BYD,

gwm and cherry the bwd c line 7 which is an electric vehicle sold 1780 units in the month that's 140 more than a year earlier easily the fastest growing vehicle over the last year in terms of sales of the top 10 undoubtedly the chinese ev and hybrid manufacturers are outdoing tesla in this country at least

Yeah.

So there's a place near which the fast charger, it takes about 15 or 20 minutes.

So you've got to time it so it's not too busy.

And then otherwise, I have the fortunate situation, Juliet, where one of the kids is an electrician.

So we said, can you put in one of these super duper charger things for us, which he did.

And so we can charge it overnight at home.

Very handy.

She also made the point that higher interest rates can help Qantas' more affluent customers, think business and first class.

That's because they've got investments, higher interest rates might help that.

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