{"id":90216,"date":"2016-05-24T07:18:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T11:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=90216"},"modified":"2016-05-24T07:18:45","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T11:18:45","slug":"risk-aversion-weighs-on-markets-yen-firms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2016\/05\/risk-aversion-weighs-on-markets-yen-firms\/","title":{"rendered":"Risk aversion weighs on markets, yen firms"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Risk aversion was back in the markets as investors continued to struggle with uncertainty over the timing of the next U.S. interest-rate increase. Shares across Asia slid Tuesday as prices of oil and other commodities fell. The yen strengthened versus the U.S. dollar overnight. Brent crude oil was recently down 0.4% at $48.13 per barrel.<\/p>\n

Japan\u2019s Nikkei Stock Average sank 0.7%, South Korea\u2019s Kospi lost 0.6%, and Australia\u2019s S&P\/ASX 200 retreated 0.2%. In China, the Shanghai Composite Index was off 1%. Hong Kong\u2019s Hang Seng Index slid 0.1%.<\/p>\n

Many investors remained skeptical the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise short-term interest rates as soon as June, eve after hawkish by three Fed officials overnight. A prevailing reluctance to make big bets before the Fed\u2019s policy meeting next month has kept trading quiet in Asia.<\/p>\n

Hawkish meeting minutes from the Federal Reserve last week pushed the current two-year U.S. Treasury note yield briefly above 0.90 per cent, as bond traders assigned higher odds of a rise in official borrowing costs in June.<\/p>\n

After the fireworks, the two-year note, a barometer of Fed policy expectations still remains below its peak of 1 per cent seen in mid-December when the central bank raised borrowing costs. A similar rise in mid-March was swiftly sunk after the Fed doused tightening expectations due to the febrile market environment.<\/p>

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