NEW YORK: The dollar decline and most Asian stocks drop after an unexpected fall in US wages clouded the view for interest rates, whereas crude oil’s crisis fuelled concern over inflation. Australian bonds climbed with silver.
The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index fell a second day, losing 0.2 per cent by 9:59 a.m. in Tokyo as the greenback weakened versus the euro to the South Korean won. Commodity producers drove a 0.5 per cent drop in Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index, while the Kospi gauge dropped 0.1 per cent in Seoul. Japanese markets were shut for a holiday. Standard & Poor’s 500 Index futures lost 0.1 per cent. Oil slid more than 1.3 per cent in New York and London. Yields on 10-year Australian debt fell four basis points. Silver rose 0.2 per cent in a second day of gains.
Oil’s descent to its lowest level in about 5 1/2 years has damped the outlook for global inflation just as the Federal Reserve starts to consider raising interest rates. The biggest drop in American hourly earnings since records began in 2006 overshadowed a steeper-than-forecast increase in payrolls January 9, with investors also seeking out haven assets amid concern expanded stimulus won’t ignite growth in the euro region.
“This tug of war between deflation and expectations of the first rate hike in many years by the US Fed is likely to result in intense volatility,” Nader Naeimi, who helps manage about US$125 billion (RM445.24 billion) as head of dynamic asset allocation at AMP Capital Investors in Sydney, said in a Bloomberg TV interview. “I do expect a correction. You have the possibility of the ECB underwhelming market expectations,” he said, referring to the European Central Bank.
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