{
  "id": 5499905,
  "title": "Nikkei, Yen, Hang Seng: Asiens Börsen legen zu – Fed-Vertreter dämpft Zinssorgen",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/nikkei-yen-hang-seng-asiens-borsen-legen-zu-fed-vertreter-dampft",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-04T05:22:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/finanzen/maerkte/marktberichte/nikkei-yen-hang-seng-asiens-boersen-legen-zu-fed-vertreter-daempft-zinssorgen/100251941.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Asian stock markets have been on the rise this week, buoyed by easing concerns over U.S. interest rates following a comment from a senior Federal Reserve (Fed) official. The Fed governor's remarks dampened expectations of an imminent interest rate hike, putting downward pressure on the dollar and strengthening the Japanese yen, which rose 2.6% to 155.7 per dollar. In Tokyo, the Nikkei-225 index climbed 0.9% to 64,770 points, while the broader Topix fell 0.2% to 4,094. Shanghai's stock market gained 0.6% to 3,966 points. Meanwhile, the CSI-300 index, comprising China's 300 largest mainland companies, rose 0.7% to 4,585 points. Fed Governor Christopher Waller stated during a Reuters event that recent data showed some signs of easing inflation, and if future reports confirmed this trend, he would advocate for holding interest rates steady at the upcoming meeting. This led investors to significantly reduce their expectations for a rate hike this month. Analysts from JPMorgan noted that Waller's stance differs from that of his predecessor, Warsh, who recently claimed little evidence of declining core inflation. The JPMorgan analysts believe that Waller's support for the Fed chair's stance bolsters the view that the hurdle for data convincing a data-dependent majority to raise rates this month remains high.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "RTHK News - Finance",
        "title": "Hang Seng Index rebounds in line with global rally",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/hang-seng-index-rebounds-in-line-with-global-rally",
        "published": "2026-09-04T02:37:04.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}