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Asian stocks under pressure as US bond markets ‘cry timber’

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Investors flee to the safety of sovereign debt and gold

A screen shows the numbers after the closing bell as traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on August 14 2019. Picture: REUTERS/EDUARDO MUNOZ

Yields on 10-year paper dropped to 1.55%, taking them under two-year paper. Such an inversion was last seen in 2007 and correctly foretold the recession that followed a year later. The futures market was clearly expecting drastic action as it priced in a greater chance the Fed would have to cut rates by half a point at its September meeting.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dropped 0.8% and briefly touched a seven-month low.All three of the major US stock indexes tumbled about 3% overnight, with the blue-chip Dow posting its biggest one-day point drop since October.

 

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