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$50bn wiped from ASX as Middle-East war intensifies and jobless rate rises to 4.3%

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$50bn wiped from ASX as Middle-East war intensifies. Credit: SBS

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SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Faraz Syed from Citi to find out why the RBA will look through the rise in Australia's unemployment rate at its next interest rate meeting; and Henry Jennings from Marcus Today details the day's market moves as oil surges more than 10 per cent overnight.

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