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Asian shares tread water, markets eye US Fed's inflation statements

Asian shares marked time on June 24, with China nudging lower, while the United States dollar held below an 11-week high as investors reassessed US Federal Reserve statements on inflation

The limits of central banking 'toolkit'

The change in the Fed's forecast and a possible shift in policy is perhaps a good time to review how central banks - including the RBI - responded to the crisis, and debate future possibilities

Wall Street rises as Fed, PMI give boost; global share mkts also up

The market is still feeling the aftereffects of the Fed's surprise projection last week for rate hikes as soon as 2023, which knocked stocks

Cyclical currencies lead after dust settles on US Federal Reserve

The dollar jumped and stocks swooned last week after the Fed surprised markets by signalling much earlier rate hikes than investors previously expected.

Dollar in retreat as Powell says Fed won't raise rates on fear of inflation

The US dollar remained on the back foot against major peers on Wednesday after a two-day drop as US Fed officials including Chair Powell reaffirmed that tighter monetary policy was still some way off

Fed will not raise rates on inflation fears alone, says Jerome Powell

Fed will watch broad set of labor market data, says Powell

FII flows into India may take a hit in short-term: Kenneth Andrade

While we remain an economy, which has its own strengths and weaknesses, capital flows remain democratic and in the near term they will behave in a synchronous manner

Dollar pauses ahead of Fed testimony, cryptocurrencies attempt recovery

The Australian and New Zealand dollars eased after Monday's bounce from multi-month lows

Asian markets skid on jitters over future US Federal Reserve action

Asian markets skidded on Monday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 index down 3.4%, after a sell-off Friday on Wall Street gave the S&P 500 its worst weekly loss since February. Investors are still recalibrating their moves after the Federal Reserve's signal last week that it may raise current ultra-low rates sooner than had been expected. That gave the Dow Jones Industrial Average its worst weekly loss since last October. Part of the Fed's mission is to keep prices under control. The fear is that burgeoning inflation may prompt central banks to dial back the lavish support that has lifted markets to new highs after they plunged at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic last year. Until its latest policy meeting, last week, the Fed had indicated it viewed recent price hikes as transient and would let the recovering economy run hot. Now it's forecasting raising interest rates twice in 2023. The shift to an earlier timeline for a rate hike, accompanied with an upward revision in core inflation

Dollar holds near multi-month high after US Federal Reserve's hawkish tilt

The dollar held near multi-month peaks against other major currencies on Monday, after the US Federal Reserve surprised markets last week by signalling it would raise interest rates

Fed's Neel Kashkari opposed to rate hikes at least through 2023

(Reuters) - Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari said on Friday he wants to keep the U.S. central bank's benchmark short-term interest rate near zero at least through the end of 2023 to allow the labour market to return to its pre-pandemic strength.

Dow Jones falls 400 points after Fed official sees rate hikes in 2022

St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard said he expects the first interest rate increase the Fed could make could come as soon as 2022

As US Federal Reserve fallout fades, stocks left hanging near highs

The pan-European STOXX index of shares eased 0.19% to 458.50 points, barely below Monday's record high of 460.51.

Asian shares mostly rise as markets digest US Fed's rate signals

Asian shares mostly rose Friday, as investors digested the latest message from the U.S. Federal Reserve on raising short-term interest rates by late 2023. Japan's benchmark lost earlier gains and inched down less than 0.1% in afternoon trading to 29,009.75. South Korea's Kospi edged 0.2% higher to 3,272.42. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.1% to 7,368.90. Hong Kong's Hang Seng jumped 0.7% to 28,769.94, while the Shanghai Composite gained 0.1% to 3,530.32. The Bank of Japan kept its ultra-lax monetary policy intact, as investors had expected. Wrapping up a two-day meeting, the central bank also extended by six months, until March 2022, a lending program to help companies weather the pandemic. Japan's economy has picked up as a trend, although it has remained in a severe situation due to the impact of COVID-19 at home and abroad, the Bank of Japan said in a statement. The Fed's comments came Wednesday, and global markets had already initially reacted Thursday. But comments about the ..

Gold slips over 2%, palladium sheds 10% as post-Fed slide accelerates

(Reuters) - Gold shed more than 2% on Thursday, precipitating a sell-off across precious metals with palladium set for its worst day in over a year, as the dollar gained ground after the U.S. Federal Reserve struck a hawkish tone on monetary strategy.

US Fed prepping the markets for taper; a correction will be good: Analysts

Most Asian market equities - Nikkei, Sensex, Hang Seng and Kospi - lost ground in trade on Thursday as a result of the overnight development

The Federal Reserve is about to shift gears. This time it may be different

Though policymakers have yet to agree on a plan, most expect that by the end of 2023 they will have raised interest rates at least twice from the current near-zero level

Hawkish US Fed tone hits D-Street; Sensex slips 179 pts; IT stocks shine

A mild recovery post a gap-down start quickly dismantled during the last hour of the session as market participants offloaded metal and rate-sensitive counters

Global stocks lower after US Fed moves up interest rate hike forecast

The Fed indicated it sees the US economy improving faster than expected.

Indian shares open lower as financials weigh; Fed signals rate hikes

Indian shares fell for a second straight session, hurt by heavyweight financials stocks and RIL, with sentiment dented by the US Fed projection of hiking interest rates sooner than expected