Asian stocks ended mostly lower on Wednesday as investors braced for another rate hike from the U.S. Federal Reserve later in the day.Odds are that Fed Chair Jerome Powell will signal additional rate hikes are not off the table, but the central bank will take a more gradual approach to rate increases based on incoming data. Upcoming ECB and BOJ rate decisions also remained on investors' radar.The ...
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May 22, 2026 14:46 ET Minutes of the latest Fed policy session was the highlight of the week along with survey data on the U.S. housing market. In Europe, survey data signaled the trends in the euro area private sector. Further, consumer price inflation data from the U.K. was in focus. In Asia, various economic indicators from China drew attention to the health of the economy.