Asian stock markets are trading mostly higher on Tuesday, despite the mostly negative cues from Wall Street overnight, as traders shrugged off concerns about inflation and continue to pick up stocks at a bargain after the recent big sell-off. Traders also looked ahead to the release of the U.S. inflation data and the minutes of the U.S. Federal Reserve's latest monetary policy meeting, for directional clues. Asian stocks ended mostly lower on Monday.
The inflation data will potentially impact the outlook for interest rates as a strong reading could strengthen expectations about a speedier pace of policy tightening by the Fed to fight inflation.
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May 15, 2026 15:25 ET Apart from the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as the next Fed chair, the main news on the economics front this week included key price data from the U.S. and the first quarter economic growth figures from major economies. Both consumer prices and producer costs have started to reflect the effect of supply shocks due to the Middle East conflict. In Europe, GDP data was in focus, while inflation data from China dominated the news flow in Asia.