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Asia-Pacific markets trade higher after Wall Street declines on inflation fears
Tokyo, Japan skyline with the Tokyo Tower Chunyip Wong | E+ | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded higher Thursday, breaking ranks with Wall Street that fell overnight as a stronger-than-expected U.S. inflation reading diminished prospects of policy easing by the U.S. Federal Reserve. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.26%. Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 1.1% while the […]
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Asia-Pacific markets trade mixed after Fed’s Powell signals no urgency to lower rates
Yusuf Gandhi | 500Px | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened mixed Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled there was no urgency to cut rates. Powell on Tuesday re-emphasized the central bank’s focus on curbing inflation and signaled that policymakers were not in a rush to push interest rates lower. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 traded […]
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Asia-Pacific markets fall as tariff worries dent investor sentiment
Dukai Photographer | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets fell Monday, tracking U.S. stocks futures that were lower ahead of key economic data, with escalating trade tensions denting investor sentiment. U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters Sunday that he was planning to announce a blanket 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports on Monday, […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Global central banks are lowering rates — the Fed might not be as inclined
The Reserve Bank of India logo outside its headquarters in Mumbai on Feb. 7, 2025. Indranil Mukherjee | Afp | Getty Images On Friday, the Reserve Bank of India trimmed its repo rate by 25 basis points. A day prior, the Bank of England lowered interest rates by 25 basis points, following the European Central […]
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Asia-Pacific markets fall as investors await India rate decision, assess Japan’s spending data
Japan’s household spending massively beats expectations, boosting case for further BOJ hikes Japan’s household spending in December rose 2.7% year on year in real terms, according to a Friday report from the Statistics Bureau of Japan, massively beating expectations from economists polled by Reuters and marking its first rise since July 2024. The figure sharply […]
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Japan’s household spending massively beats expectations, boosting case for further BOJ hikes
A customer picks up a snack at a supermarket store in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Noriko Hayashi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan’s household spending in December rose 2.7% year on year in real terms, massively beating expectations from economists polled by Reuters and marking its first rise since July 2024. The […]
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Asia-Pacific markets open higher, shrugging off a week of trade turmoil
Asia-Pacific markets opened higher on Thursday, tracking gains on Wall Street. Source
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Asia-Pacific markets set to rise as Wall Street looks past trade developments
Classic Chinese courtyard featuring a stage and red lanterns hanging Jackyenjoyphotography | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to mostly climb Wednesday, as Wall Street rose overnight, shrugging off Trump tariffs and China’s retaliation to measures. All eyes will be on China, which will resume trading after the Lunar New Year holidays. The […]
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Asia-Pacific markets jump as Trump pauses tariffs on Canada and Mexico
Tokyo Tower, Tokyo’s famous landmark, rises high above the skyscrapers in Azabu, Roppongi and Toranomon districts. A tilt-shift lens was used in order to obtain a miniature effect. Krzysztof Baranowski | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets rose Tuesday after Donald Trump paused tariffs on Mexico for a month, while Canada also said the U.S. president […]
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If Canada, Mexico & China retaliate, these big U.S. exporters could be hurt the most
Retaliatory tariffs from the U.S.’s major trading partners may be set to hurt some stocks more than others. Stocks briefly reeled Monday from the threat of President Donald Trump’s newly imposed tariffs. On Saturday, Trump levied a 25% tariff on goods imported from Canada and Mexico, 10% on Canadian oil and 10% on Chinese imports. […]
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