Asia shares are rising with the decline in concerns about US financial policy
Asian stocks rose on Friday after a recovery in US Treasury bonds reduced some concerns about United States financial policies. The regional stock index rose 0.4%, which put it on a way to achieve the sixth consecutive week of profits. The futures for US indicators were volatile in early Asian transactions after the “Standard & Poor’s 500” index ended the session with a slight decrease in the third daily decline. Treasury effects have resolved after seeing a large scale increase on Thursday, driven by the decline in concerns about US fiscal policy. The return on the thirty years remained without change, mentioned at 5.04%. This week, the mortgage markets reflected concerns about investors about the financial health of the US economy, a anxiety that doubled after Moody’s Ritts reduced the higher credit rating of the United States over the past week. It broke a state of relative calm in the financial markets that followed a month of turmoil due to the Gulf of Customs’ duties launched by US President Donald Trump. The US stocks have even entered a burgeoning market. “The bond market expresses its opinion, while the stock markets are not listening at this stage,” says Thomas Tu, head of the Asia Pacific Investment Strategy at Black Rock Agene Management in an interview with Bloomberg Television. He added: “All these measures are being taken, whether it is a tax legislation, customs duties or others, are all inflationary measures.” Inflation in Japan has accelerated in Japan, and the basic inflation rate has accelerated to its highest rate in two years, powered by the high prices of food and energy, as prices rose 3.5% in April compared to last year, compared to 3.2% in March. The yen recorded a slight increase. JP Morgan analysts believe that the flurry of fluctuations in the bond market was expected this week, pointing out that the reduction of the credit rating was not surprising, but rather an inevitable result. Christopher Wald, a member of the Federal Reserve, said the central bank could lower in the second half of 2025, if an agreement on customs duties imposed by Trump is reduced to about 10% and decided by July. Federal protection and in a separate ruling have issued the US Supreme Court a ruling that protects the Federal Reserve from Trump’s attempt to isolate senior independent federal agencies, which calms the concerns about the possibility of federal head Jerome Powell. In the commodity markets, Gold is on its way to record the best weekly performance for more than a month, while oil prices dropped in its first weekly fall in three weeks, amid news of the “OPEC+” study a new increase in production that could increase the fear of abundance in the global supply.