Traders in Asia will also look toward August consumer prices index from Japan and Hong Kong, and central bank decisions from Bank of Japan and People’s Bank of China.

The central bank only cuts by half-points when there's something dire happening in the economy, such as the bursting of the dot-com bubble in 2001. In extreme cases, the Fed will even slash rates by a ...

This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter ... A Tuesday report showed retail sales ...

Asian investors will look toward key economic data from Japan and the Indonesian central bank’s rate decision on Wednesday.

Stock futures edged higher on Tuesday as investors prepared for ... spending ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy decision. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones expect a 0.2% decline in retail sales, ...

This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to ...

The Federal Reserve's FOMC meeting is set to start today, with investors and economists eagerly awaiting the decision on the ...

This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to ...

Asia-Pacific markets are set to open mixed on Wednesday, following gains on Wall Street that saw both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial ... three-day holiday. Futures for Australia's ...

Most Asian markets are set to open lower Monday as investors digest the downbeat economic data from China that cast a ...