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World stocks slipped on Monday, while the dollar steadied ahead of a week including a Bank of Japan policy announcement and a key reading on U.S. inflation. Iranian-backed Houthi...
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SYDNEY (Reuters) -Asia stocks slipped on Monday in a subdued start to a week where Japan's central bank might edge further away from its uber-easy policies, while a key reading on U.S. inflation is expected to underpin market pricing of interest rate cuts there. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) meets Tuesday amid much chatter that it is considering how and when to move away from negative interest rates. April was favoured by 17 of 28 economists as the kick-off for negative rates to be scrapped, making the BOJ one of the few central banks in the world actually tightening.
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. It's been a subdued start to the week in Asia with the Nikkei leading losses and... -December 18, 2023 at 12:30 am EST - MarketScreener
MSCI's global equity index was advancing slightly while oil prices rallied on supply concerns and U.S. Treasury yields rose as investors digested mixed messages from the Federal Reserve about the... -December 18, 2023 at 12:52 pm EST - MarketScreener