Bloomberg
Published Sep 19, 2019 12:15AM ET
Updated Sep 19, 2019 01:03AM ET
Japan Stocks Pare Gains After BOJ; Aussie Slides: Markets Wrap
(Bloomberg) -- Japanese stocks pared gains and the yen climbed after the Bank of Japan left its policy settings unchanged while noting rising risks from overseas.
Australia’s dollar slumped after the unemployment rate rose. U.S. stock futures retreated, Hong Kong shares slumped and China’s yuan dropped as investors took stock of the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cut and the odds for the People’s Bank of China to lower borrowing costs. Equities were little changed in Shanghai.
Failing to follow the Fed and European Central Bank in easing policy interest rates, the BOJ nonetheless flagged that it needs to pay more attention to the risk of lost momentum toward its inflation target. Officials aim to “reexamine” growth and price developments next month.
In a mixed session, though, Japan’s stocks were still higher midday. A late-session rebound in American stocks -- following comments from Chairman Jerome Powell that the Fed is “prepared to be aggressive” if growth faltered -- failed to follow through to S&P 500 futures Thursday.
“There’s no cohesive narrative” at the moment, said Hannah Anderson, a global market strategist at JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) Asset Management. The Fed rate cut and Powell briefing “doesn’t really change the narrative that investors are going to need more than that from some governing body to give a central thesis that they feel comfortable sticking with for a while,” she said.
U.S.-China trade talks still loom, while the geopolitical situation in the Middle East remains unclear after Saudi Arabia blamed Iran for last Saturday’s attack on its oil installations.
Still to come Thursday are monetary policy decisions in Indonesia, Taiwan and the U.K. And BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda briefs on the policy decision.
These are some key events to keep an eye on this week:
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