Daily Morning Note | January 27, 2022
Asian stocks face a choppy open Thursday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled a March interest-rate liftoff and left open the possibility of hikes at each policy meeting. Treasuries slid, the dollar jumped and U.S. shares were mixed.
Australian equities climbed, while futures for Japan slipped and Hong Kong’s were steady. U.S. contracts pushed higher. The S&P 500 on Wednesday wiped out a gain of over 2% to close down and the technology-heavy Nasdaq 100 erased almost all of a 3.5% rise.
Treasuries tumbled, particularly shorter maturities, and the gap between five- and 30-year…
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