Fed interest rates cut, oil prices

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Fed interest rates cut, oil prices

A customer in front of a drugstore in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022.

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Asia-Pacific markets fell on Friday, led by Japan’s Nikkei 225, mirroring moves on Wall Street after comments from U.S. Federal Reserve officials fueled worries that the central bank could hold off on rate cuts.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 was down 2.3% after briefly crossing the 40,000 mark on Thursday, while the broad based Topix was 1.7% lower.

On Thursday, Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari cast doubts on Thursday over the central bank cutting rates at all if inflation remained sticky.

Oil prices continued to rise, with WTI crude surpassing $86 a barrel to test six-month highs. Brent crude prices also set a new six-month high of $90.65.

Japan’s household spending in February fell much less-than-expected, down 0.5% year on year in real terms, compared with Reuters’ expectations of a 3% fall.

Japan’s unions secured generous pay hikes for workers in the “shunto” wage negotiations in March, which is expected to fuel consumer spending.

S&P also released its business activity numbers for Hong Kong, while the Reserve Bank of India will announce its rate decision later in the day. A Reuters poll of economists expects the RBI to hold its benchmark lending rate at 6.5%.

In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.72% at the open after a 2.2% drop in exports for February.

South Korea’s Kospi fell 0.92%, reversing gains after leading major ****** benchmarks on Thursday, while the small cap Kosdaq dropped 1.56%.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index, returned from a public holiday up 0.4%, while mainland ******** markets are still shut.

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