SINGAPORE - Asian shares slipped on Wednesday as a stellar rebound in world stocks paused for breath, while bond yields and the dollar fell ahead of U.S. economic data and speeches from policymakers that are expected to make the case for interest rate cuts.snapped eight sessions of gains with a 0.2% overnight drop. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.6%.
Later on Wednesday preliminary revisions to U.S. labour data are due to be published and a large downward revision is expected, which would support cutting interest rates. On Thursday, U.S. and global purchasing managers' index surveys are due. Interest rate futures have priced a 25 basis point U.S. rate cut next month, with a 1/3 chance of a 50 bp cut. Almost 100 bps in cuts are priced this year, and another 100 bps next year.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is due to make a speech at the Jackson Hole symposium in Wyoming on Friday. The Australian and New Zealand dollars held sizeable recent gains with the
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