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SYDNEY (Reuters) -Asian stocks edged up and the dollar slid on Monday after global equities enjoyed their best week in nine months on expectations the U.S. economy would dodge a recession and cooling inflation would kick off a cycle of interest rate cuts. Federal Reserve members Mary Daly and Austan Goolsbee were out over the weekend to flag the possibility of easing in September, while minutes of the last policy meeting due this week should underline the dovish outlook. Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaks in Jackson Hole on Friday and investors assume he will acknowledge the case for a cut.

(Bloomberg) -- The recent rebound in US tech stocks isn’t convincing options traders just yet. Most Read from BloombergManchester Is Giving London a Run for Its MoneyBoston’s Broke and Broken Transit System Hurts Downtown RecoveryA Floating Island in Baltimore Raises Hope for a Waterfront RevivalA Warehouse Store Promises Housing for South LA, in BulkThe Cross-Continental Race Using Only Public TransitWhile the shares have led market gains since a meltdown earlier this month, the cost of contrac

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(Bloomberg) -- A sizzling rally in India’s auto shares is reversing as a build up of unsold vehicles and growing discounts by carmakers pressure profit margins.Most Read from BloombergManchester Is Giving London a Run for Its MoneyBoston’s Broke and Broken Transit System Hurts Downtown RecoveryA Floating Island in Baltimore Raises Hope for a Waterfront RevivalA Warehouse Store Promises Housing for South LA, in BulkThe Cross-Continental Race Using Only Public TransitIndia’s NSE Nifty Auto Index i

(Bloomberg) -- New Zealand’s population growth slowed further in the second quarter as the pace of immigration wanes and more citizens look overseas for job opportunities and better wages.Most Read from BloombergManchester Is Giving London a Run for Its MoneyBoston’s Broke and Broken Transit System Hurts Downtown RecoveryA Floating Island in Baltimore Raises Hope for a Waterfront RevivalA Warehouse Store Promises Housing for South LA, in BulkThe Cross-Continental Race Using Only Public TransitTh

(Bloomberg) -- Indonesia’s 3.6 quadrillion rupiah ($230 billion) budget for next year will prop up consumer, food and health-care stocks as President-elect Prabowo Subianto is set to take office.Most Read from BloombergManchester Is Giving London a Run for Its MoneyBoston’s Broke and Broken Transit System Hurts Downtown RecoveryA Floating Island in Baltimore Raises Hope for a Waterfront RevivalA Warehouse Store Promises Housing for South LA, in BulkThe Cross-Continental Race Using Only Public Tr

"This would be the third time that stocks entered a cycle where annual returns compound at high teens," Fundstrat's Tom Lee said.