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Hong Kong shares fell 3% while the yen firmed, as investors positioned unevenly across the region before the US payrolls release.
Hong Kong stocks dropped 3% and the Japanese yen strengthened on stronger-than-expected inflation data, while the US dollar stayed muted ahead of the upcoming jobs report.
Logan said the Fed needs to raise rates by '50 basis points or more' to tame inflation that remains stubbornly high.
Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan said the central bank needs to raise interest rates by at least 50 basis points to curb inflation that has proven more persistent than expected.
The shift comes as fresh inflation data shows the Fed has now missed its 2% target for 66 straight months.
Goldman Sachs has moved its forecast for a Federal Reserve interest-rate hike to December, Investing.com reported, as new price data extended the Fed's inflation-target miss to 66 months.
The metal's slide last month marked one of its sharpest monthly declines in years before stabilizing as inflation data reduced rate-hike expectations.
Gold prices were little changed after falling 6% in September, as a softer-than-expected U.S. PCE inflation reading reduced bets on further Federal Reserve rate hikes.
The Fed's preferred inflation gauge rose less than forecast in August, yet Treasury yields held steady while Goldman Sachs shifted its rate-hike forecast to December.
Core PCE inflation rose 0.2% in August, below economist expectations, but bond yields did not fall in response, even as Goldman Sachs pushed its Fed rate-hike forecast back to December.
Consumer spending stayed strong even as the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge undershot expectations, reinforcing bets on a soft landing.
US inflation for August rose less than economists expected while consumer spending remained robust, and major indexes moved mostly higher in the September 30 session.
Long-dated US government debt extended its slide as inflation worries and rising oil prices pushed borrowing costs to a 24-year high.
The 30-year Treasury yield reached its highest level since 2002 in the September 29 session, as bond prices fell on inflation and oil-price concerns.
Regional manufacturers say they "can't do any planning" just as a Federal Reserve governor flags fresh inflationary pressure ahead.
The Dallas Fed's manufacturing survey showed uniformly negative sentiment among respondents, coinciding with Fed Governor Lisa Cook's warning of further inflationary pressures ahead.
July minutes reveal policymakers debated moving faster on rates even as Japan's corporate services inflation hit a two-year high.
Bank of Japan minutes from July showed board members debated the need for faster interest rate hikes, a discussion that comes as Japan's corporate services inflation reached a two-year high.
Policymakers tweaked forward guidance rather than moving rates, signaling less certainty about the pace of future cuts.
Banxico left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 6.5% and adjusted its forward guidance, citing persistent core inflation.
The ECB chief economist says a new wave of energy costs threatens to delay the return to the 2% target until mid-2027.
ECB chief economist Philip Lane said a second energy price wave is pushing up the risk that euro zone inflation stays higher for longer, even as a separate ECB paper still projects a return to target from mid-2027.
A refinery hit deep inside Russia adds a new supply risk just as diesel prices in the US were already flagged as an inflation threat.
Diesel prices have hit record levels and are already pressuring the economy, and a new Ukrainian strike on a major Moscow-area refinery raises the risk that global diesel supply gets tighter still.
Investors are now weighing how much further the Federal Reserve can tighten before it chokes off growth, with long-term borrowing costs already near multi-year highs.
The Federal Reserve raised its policy rate, and commentary from the desk argues the move may not even bring inflation down while pushing borrowing costs higher across the economy.
Bond yields hit a level last seen only once in nearly 20 years, days after the Federal Reserve raised rates for the first time in more than three years.
The 10-year Treasury yield crossed 5% for only the second time in almost two decades, coinciding with a Federal Reserve rate hike and an inflation reading of 3.4%.
Wall Street now believes the central bank will tame inflation with only modestly higher borrowing costs, according to MarketWatch's read of the decision.
The Federal Open Market Committee under new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh raised interest rates, marking the seventh rate-hiking cycle since 1990, and investors are now studying that history for clues on what happens next to stocks.
Schmid says inflation risk outweighs labor market softening, a hawkish outlier as investors had been pricing further easing.
Kansas City Fed President Jeffrey Schmid said the central bank should raise rates to curb inflation, breaking from the market's expectation of further cuts.
The Federal Open Market Committee's first hike in three years came with a 12-0 vote and a warning that another increase could follow this year.
The Fed's unanimous vote to raise its benchmark rate to a 3.75%-4% range triggered a 600-point Dow decline as Chair Kevin Warsh signaled the central bank is prepared to keep pressing on inflation.
Both consumer and producer price gauges strengthened last month, offering the clearest sign yet that deflationary pressure in China is easing.
China's consumer price index rebounded and producer prices regained momentum in August, signaling an easing of the deflationary pressure that has weighed on the economy.
Inflation fears drove a synchronized retreat from bonds and stocks while the dollar extended its advance.
Global bond yields climbed to their highest levels in multiple decades as inflation concerns triggered a combined selloff in bonds and equities, with the dollar gaining as investors sought safety.
Energy costs pushed the headline rate higher, complicating the European Central Bank's path on interest rates.
Euro zone inflation rose to 3.3% in August, driven by higher energy costs.