Asian stock markets are trading mostly lower on Friday, following the broadly negative cues from Wall Street overnight, as traders remain cautious and are reluctant to make significant moves ahead of the release of the closely watched monthly US jobs data later in the day that will offer clues on the US Fed's interest rate moves. Asian markets ended mixed on Thursday.
The jobs data could impact the outlook for interest rates ahead of the Federal Reserve's next monetary policy meeting later this month.
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June 19, 2026 16:46 ET Major central banks continued to dominate the economic news flow this week too, led by the Federal Reserve, as they announced their latest policy decisions. The Federal Reserve policy session was in focus as it was the first to be led by the new chief Kevin Warsh. In Europe, central banks of the U.K. and Switzerland announced their rate decisions. In Asia, the Bank of Japan drew attention for its policy moves, while data out of China threw some light on the state of the economy.