As the Treasury rises, so does the rally in Asian stock markets; Dollar companies: market wrapping

A rally of stocks in Asia cooled on Wednesday as Treasuries rallied as investors weighed in on China’s latest figures and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s scathing remarks.

Share prices rose in Japan but fell in China and Hong Kong. MSCI Inc.’s Asia-Pacific stock index was higher for the fourth day in a row, the longest since February. US futures fell after adding 2% to the S&P 500 risk rebound.

Chinese data showed that house prices fell for the eighth month in a row as measures to tackle the real-estate recession failed to revive confidence in the Kovid outbreak.

The Treasury has paired a slide since Tuesday, leaving the U.S. 10-year yield at 2.97%. Powell said after the bond overnight pressure that the Fed would “not hesitate” to tighten policy outside neutrality to curb inflation. A gauge of dollars fixed.

Crude oil traded at around 3 113 per barrel. Cryptocurrencies have extended the relative peace period, with Bitcoin hovering around $ 30,300.

Strong US retail sales and factory output data, as well as the expected euro-area expansion, have slightly improved investor sentiment. The concern is that with the tightening of financial settings, more difficult times are coming, Russia is continuing its war in Ukraine and China is fighting Kovid.

Referring to the Wall Street Bounce, Shana Cecil, Cope Correals’ investment director at Bloomberg Television, said: The Fed is going to struggle to achieve a soft economic downturn, he added.

Powell said the US Federal Reserve would raise interest rates until there was “clear and credible” evidence that inflation was receding. The comment at a live event in the Wall Street Journal was his hardest so far.

Charles Evans, president of the Chicago Fed, said he expects the Fed to slow 25 basis points growth by the end of this year. He expects the Fed to complete any 50 basis-point increase before December.

“This is one of the most challenging markets of my career,” said Henry Peabody, MFS Investment Management’s fixed income portfolio manager at Bloomberg Television. “I suspect that at some point in time we are going to challenge the liquidity of the market. They didn’t really go that far. “

Elsewhere, the Biden administration is preparing to completely block Russia’s ability to pay US bondholders after a deadline expires next week, a move that could bring Moscow to the brink of default.