Traders are betting that the Bank of Japan will continue to raise interest rates, and the Japanese stock market continued to plummet on Monday.

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ODAILY
08-05
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Odaily Odaily News: On Monday, Japanese stocks plunged for the third consecutive day as traders expected further interest rate hikes in Japan, while concerns about a slowdown in the U.S. economy and a stronger yen weighed on investor sentiment. The Nikkei 225 index fell more than 7% at one point, and the Topix index triggered a circuit breaker downward, with both of Japan's two major benchmark indices entering a bear market. Traders' expectations that the Federal Reserve will be able to push the U.S. economy to a soft landing are changing rapidly. Data released on Friday showed that the U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly climbed to 4.3%, higher than the Fed's year-end forecast, triggering the SAM recession indicator. "With the unemployment rate higher than expected and core personal consumption expenditure inflation currently below the Fed's year-end forecast, we believe that the Fed is inclined to take more aggressive action in terms of the balance of risks," said Bross, a senior U.S. economist at UBS Group Wealth Management. (Jinshi)

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