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Asian stocks track Wall St losses amid doubts over early rate cuts

January 2, 2024

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Most Asian stocks fell on Wednesday, tracking steep overnight losses on Wall Street as markets second-guessed expectations for early interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, especially before more key economic cues this week.

Concerns over slowing growth in China remained in play, following weak official purchasing managers index readings released earlier this week. The Chinese government also recently downgraded its gross domestic product figure for 2022, which could herald a weak reading for 2023.

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