{"id":126568,"date":"2021-05-28T00:09:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T00:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=126568"},"modified":"2021-05-28T00:09:54","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T00:09:54","slug":"asian-shares-up-dollar-wallows-as-fed-soothes-inflation-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/business\/asian-shares-up-dollar-wallows-as-fed-soothes-inflation-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian shares up, dollar wallows as Fed soothes inflation fears"},"content":{"rendered":"

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Asian shares rose on Wednesday while the U.S. dollar stood near its lowest levels this year after U.S. Federal Reserve officials reaffirmed a dovish monetary policy stance, providing yet more assurance to investors worried about the inflation outlook.<\/p>

FILE PHOTO: A man counts U.S. dollar banknotes at a currency exchange shop in Beirut, Lebanon March 23, 2021. REUTERS\/Mohamed Azakir<\/figcaption>

Richard Clarida, the Fed\u2019s vice chair, said on Tuesday that the U.S central bank would be able to curb an outbreak of inflation and engineer a \u201csoft landing\u201d without throwing the country\u2019s economic recovery off track.<\/p>\n

All the same, Clarida\u2019s comments reflect a shifting tone at the Fed. A month ago, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said it was \u201cnot yet\u201d time to even contemplate discussion of policy tapering, but more recently policymakers have acknowledged they are closer to debating when to pull back some of their crisis support for the U.S. economy.<\/p>\n

That uncertainty weighed on U.S. stocks overnight, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.24%, the S&P 500 off 0.21% and the Nasdaq Composite 0.03% lower.<\/p>\n

But in Asia, the soothing Fed comments helped to boost sentiment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe messages were not necessarily new but they reinforced the prevailing consensus still that the bulk of the surprise in April (CPI) can be traced to transitory elements,\u201d said Stefan Hofer, chief investment strategist at LGT in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe proof is in the pudding so to speak over the coming months, how much of the CPI increase is structural and how much of it is transitory. And the jury is I would say still out on that, but the Fed is sticking to its guns and markets seem to be by and large still comfortable with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

U.S. consumer prices increased more than expected in April as booming demand amid a reopening economy pushed against supply constraints.<\/p>\n

In early regional trade, MSCI\u2019s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.28% near more than two-week highs, while Tokyo\u2019s Nikkei added 0.27%.<\/p>

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Australian shares were 0.27% higher and Seoul\u2019s Kospi tacked on 0.16%. Chinese blue-chips were up 0.13% after posting their biggest daily gain in nearly 11 months on Tuesday on easing inflation fears and a strong yuan.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, China\u2019s central bank set the yuan\u2019s daily midpoint fixing at its strongest level since June 2018 after the currency tested a key level against the dollar a day earlier, prompting state banks to step into curb the rally.<\/p>\n

The dollar index was steady at 89.696 after touching its lowest level since Jan. 7 on Tuesday. The greenback was unchanged against the yen at 108.76 and the euro was off a touch by 0.07% to $1.2242.<\/p>\n

Analysts at Jefferies said regional equity markets could benefit, especially given a weak dollar could help boost global trade and emerging markets by lowering global prices of goods and services.<\/p>\n

\u201cA weak dollar should underwrite emerging market performance despite very mixed vaccine roll-outs to date,\u201d they said in a note.<\/p>\n

\u201cUntil the U.S. government declares the pandemic is over and job growth is running at one million plus per month, tapering is unlikely to happen…In the meantime, real rates will be heavily negative. Moreover, based on the dollar\u2019s Real Effective Exchange Rate, the greenback cannot be described as being \u2018cheap\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

The benchmark U.S. Treasury yield edged higher after falling to multi-week lows on Thursday on easing inflation concerns and a strong auction of 2-year notes.<\/p>\n

The 10-year yield rose to 1.5706%, from a close of 1.564% on Tuesday, but the two-year yield dipped to 0.1485%, from a close of 0.152%.<\/p>\n

Oil was little changed as traders weighed expectations of improving demand in the U.S. against the possibility of new supply from Iran. Global benchmark Brent crude was up 3 cents at $68.68 and U.S. crude fell 7 cents to $66 per barrel.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin was up 0.88% at $38,736.99 despite China\u2019s northern region of Inner Mongolia escalating a campaign against cryptocurrency mining on Tuesday, days after Beijing vowed to crack down on bitcoin mining and trading.<\/p>\n

Spot gold added 0.17% to $1,902.58 an ounce.<\/p>\n

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