China Urged to Prioritize Economy Over Territorial Ambitions, Says Taiwan’s President Lai 
Japan’s Inflation Edges Higher in October as BOJ Faces Growing Pressure to Hike Rates 
U.S. Stocks End Week Higher as Markets Anticipate Fed Rate Cut 
Bank of Korea Holds Interest Rates Steady as Weak Won Limits Policy Flexibility 
Fed Officials Split as Powell Weighs December Interest Rate Cut 
BOJ Governor Ueda Meets Key Ministers as Markets Eye Policy Shifts Under New Leadership 
RBI Cuts Repo Rate to 5.25% as Inflation Cools and Growth Outlook Strengthens 
Oil Prices Hold Steady as Ukraine Tensions and Fed Cut Expectations Support Market 
Spain’s Industrial Output Records Steady Growth in October Amid Revised September Figures 
Asia’s IPO Market Set for Strong Growth as China and India Drive Investor Diversification 
Europe Confronts Rising Competitive Pressure as China Accelerates Export-Led Growth 
Asian Markets Mixed as Fed Rate Cut Bets Grow and Japan’s Nikkei Leads Gains 
The Fed funds futures, Eurodollar Futures and UST 5Y5Y forward breakeven all suggest the prospect of fewer rate hikes in the year of 2019, although the FOMC anticipated three hikes next year according to the September "dot plot" forecasts, according to the latest research report from Scotiabank.
The Fed has fine-tuned its policy stance amid risks of a synchronized global slowdown. Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari, who has repeatedly called for caution on raising interest rates, said on Tuesday that further tightening could trigger a recession.
Further, President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of the Fed on Tuesday, describing the US central bank as a "problem" as he called for lower interest rates. New York Fed President John Williams said on Monday that the US central bank will stick with its campaign of gradual interest-rate increases, but added that the Fed is not on a pre-set course and will adjust monetary policy to do its best to keep the US economy going strong with low inflation, the report added.
Fed Vice Chairman Richard Clarida said last Friday that the US central bank’s benchmark short-term rate is getting closer to a "neutral" level and should be "data dependent" on more hikes.
Meanwhile, the US ISM manufacturing index fell to a six-month low in October, raising concern over a synchronized global slowdown. Data also showed cooling factory activity in the EU and China. In addition, falling Baltic Dry Index, official manufacturing PMI and PPI inflation confirmed that China’s economy is losing steam.
