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The Fed's relentless rate hikes to rein in inflation have been partly blamed for sparking the biggest meltdown in the banking sector since the 2008 financial crisis

Most Asia Pacific financial institutions are not exposed to the failed US banks and are not as susceptible to large losses from debt security holdings as Silicon Valley Bank was, Moody's said on Tuesday. On March 12, US regulators closed Signature Bank, just two days after shutting Silicon Valley Bank, following mass withdrawals of customer deposits from these regional banks. Moody's Investors Service said these events are likely to result in a tightening of liquidity in debt markets globally as investors grow wary. However, the impact will be limited for most rated financial institutions in Asia-Pacific (APAC) because of structural factors. "Also, most APAC institutions are not exposed to the failed US banks, and only a handful of institutions has immaterial exposures. Finally, most institutions are not as susceptible to large losses from debt security holdings as Silicon Valley Bank was," Moody's said. The US-based rating agency said rated banks in APAC structurally have stable .

US Fed chair Jerome Powell has reiterated that the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is likely to raise rates further than previously anticipated

India, according to them, is among the more sensitive markets to US rates, and demonstrates the most sensitivity to local rates given higher influence of domestic flows into the market

The Federal Reserve raised its target interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday

Gold prices edged up on Monday on a weaker dollar, as investor attention moved to central bank meetings this week for clarity on their rate hike strategies

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Hopes of softer Fed hikes and China's reopening has D-Street upbeat

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Only two of 19 Fed officials saw the benchmark overnight interest rate staying below 5% next year

"If the Fed raises rates again next week, the recession will be greatly amplified," he said in a tweet

The Federal Reserve could scale back the pace of its interest rate hikes "as soon as December," Fed Chair Jerome Powell said

Rupee likely at 81.68 by December-end, largely stable at 81.75 by March-end

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was 1.09% higher, while Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.27%.