Asia-Pacific Markets Rise

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The Nikkei 225 index in Japan rose 1.16% to 28,542.11. Meanwhile, the Topix index rose 0.75% to 1,980.22. Reports that border controls may be loosened further boosted travel stocks in Japan.

The S&P/ASX 200 in Australia gained 1.02% to close at 6,964.50. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan increased by 0.51%.

China and South Korea markets will not operate for the holiday. Later this week, the United States will report its August consumer price index.

The likelihood of the U.S. According to the CME Group’s FedWatch tracker of fed funds futures bets, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by another 76 basis points at its September meeting, bringing the total to 90%. This is an increase from last week’s 82% likelihood of a three-quarter point increase.

FedWatch calculated that the probability of a 50-basis-point increase is now 10,5%.

Travel stocks in Japan soared after local media reported that the government intends to reinstate individual travel, abandoning its entry requirement of group tour bookings.

Japan Airlines increased by 2.25%, while Ana Holdings increased by 2.6%. AirTrip increased by up to 2.9% and 8.3%, respectively.

According to the sources, Japan may soon lift its daily cap on foreign arrivals. Oil futures fell on demand fears caused by extended Covid measures in areas of China and the possibility of further interest rate hikes globally.

European Markets Close Marginally Higher

The Stoxx 600 pan-European index finished the day up 0.2%, with most sectors and all major bourses in the green. Retail stocks had the best day, closing up 1.7%.

Oil and gas equities were the outliers, falling 2.5% on the day as Brent crude prices fell after a minor supply cut from OPEC+ and previously soaring gas prices fell.

European markets closed on Monday as investors pondered a slew of economic difficulties confronting the area, with the stop in Russian gas delivery dominating the market mood.

The dramatic drop in risk assets followed the announcement by Russia’s state-owned energy giant Gazprom that gas deliveries to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline will be delayed indefinitely due to further repair requirements. The euro dropped significantly as European gas costs skyrocketed.

Gas flows through Nord Stream 1 will not resume until Siemens Energy repairs malfunctioning equipment.

Following the Labor Day holiday, stocks in the United States fell. Asian stocks finished barely below the flat level as well.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.47%, the S&P 500 was up 0.22%, and the Nasdaq was unchanged. Uniper plummeted 4.7% to the bottom of the European blue-chip index, as uncertainty persists for the German utility, a big gas importer after Russia cut off gas deliveries to Europe.

Markets Bounce

Bulls will be pleased that the market rebound added another day on Friday, but buying volume remained low. However, we saw simple breaks of 50-day moving averages, which allows potential pushes to 200-day moving averages and August highs. Buyers stepping in with volume will mostly determine whether we get there, but we can let price action drive momentum for now.

The S&P 500 increased its bullish momentum with a new ‘buy’ trigger in the ADX, while other technical indicators remain pessimistic. The index is barely above holding on to its relative performance edge over the Russell 2000 – but it is on the approach of losing this advantage.

The three-day rally is not encouraging, but bulls will maintain their lead as long as it continues. Shorts may wish to jump on an undercut of last week’s low, which will almost probably result in a move back to the July lows – but until that happens, 200-day M.A.s remain targets.

The World’s Hottest Housing Markets

Soaring borrowing costs negatively affects homebuyers and property owners worldwide.

CB’s hiked interest rates quickly, which caused decline of housing values. Hence, buyers are pulling back from Sydney to Stockholm to Seattle. Meanwhile, millions of Americans who borrowed cheaply to buy houses during the economic boom face increased payments when their loans are reset.

The cooling in real estate threatens to exacerbate the global economic collapse. The drop hasn’t reached the depths of the 2008 financial crisis yet, so how it continues is critical for central bankers.

Higher real estate financing costs can have a negative impact on economies. If households have debts, they may have to spend less money, which can deter prospective purchasers from joining the market and cause property prices and development to slow down.

The downturn is a sharp contrast to the boom fueled by the central bank’s easy-money policies following the financial crisis and then accelerated by a pandemic that sent people looking for larger apartments and remote-work-friendly homes. Inflation is soaring and there’s a potential recession hit. Hence, many customers who paid record prices now face loan resets at higher interest rates.

So far, New Zealand, like most developed nations, has weathered the housing recession. Household balance sheets and savings are solid, labor markets are booming, and lending rules have tightened since the mid-2000s boom that triggered the financial crisis, implying that a default cascade is improbable.

Many homeowners still have much equity from years of rising prices. In some overpriced locations, decreased values may allow buyers to enter the market.

Governments in certain nations have already stepped in to assist hard-pressed consumers facing rapidly increasing repayments. South Korea was one of the first Asia-Pacific economies to raise interest rates. It recently decided to spend more than 400B won in funds to help lower households with variable-rate mortgages.

In Poland, some borrowers’ monthly payments have doubled as interest rates climb. Hence, the government intervened earlier this year to allow Poles to postpone payments for up to eight months. The measure wiped out major banks’ earnings after the industry had registered approximately 13B zloty ($2.78B) in provisions.