Hang Seng Index, Kospi, ASX 200

A screen displays the Nikkei 225 Stock Average figure on the trading floor at the Nomura Securities Co. headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Jan. 11, 2024.  Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to open mixed Monday as investors assess President Donald Trump‘s plan to “free” ships stranded in the Strait of…

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Powell and Warsh set to clash

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, and Federal Reserve Nominee, Kevin Warsh. Reuters When the Federal Open Market Committee gathers again in mid-June, it will mark the first time in nearly 80 years that a sitting and former chair conduct business together, a historic overlap that comes at a sensitive time for the central bank. While…

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