Asian Shares Falter, Dollar Jumps As Powell Dampens Hopes
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares fell to six-week lows on Thursday and the dollar rose after the U.S. Federal Reserve delivered a 25-basis-point rate cut as expected but poured cold water on market expectations of a lengthy easing cycle. FILE PHOTO: An investor walks past a screen displaying stock information at a brokerage house in Shanghai, China May 6, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .
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