September’s volatility carried into this week, with global AI concerns, inflation, and visa uncertainties weighing on sentiment. Meanwhile, gold surged to record highs, giving local miners a boost.

In this week’s wrap, Grady covers:

• (0:12 ): Global market volatility and gold hitting new record highs
• (0:35 ): Australia’s latest monthly CPI print and implications for the RBA
• (2:30 ): unemployment holding at 4.2% and what this means for stability
• (2:58 ): GDP growth of 0.6% QoQ and signs of a rebound in per capita terms
• (4:45 ): how the ASX200 performed this week so far
• (5:35 ): most traded stocks and ETFs by Bell Direct clients this week
• (6:07 ): key data to watch next week – RBA decision, trade balance, US jobs & China PMI