Asia Markets Mixed As Investors Await Jackson Hole Meeting, Assess Japan Inflation Data
Asia Markets Mixed As Investors Await Jackson Hole Meeting, Assess Japan Inflation Data
Asia-Pacific markets were mixed on Friday as investors awaited U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell's comments at Jackson Hole gathering of global central bankers.
亞洲太平洋市場週五表現不一，投資者在等待聯儲局主席傑羅姆·鮑威爾在全球中央銀行的傑克遜霍爾會議上的講話。
In the past, Powell has outlined broad policy initiatives and provided clues about the U.S. policy path at Jackson Hole.
過去，鮑威爾在傑克遜霍爾講述了廣泛的政策倡議，並提供了關於美國政策道路的線索。
In Asia, dat from Japan showed the country's headline inflation at 2.8% in July, unchanged from the previous month.
在亞洲，來自日本的數據顯示，該國7月份的整體通脹率爲2.8%，與上個月持平。
Core inflation, which strips out prices of fresh food, stood at 2.7%, in line with expectations from economists polled by Reuters and higher than June's figure of 2.6%.
核心通脹率，即剔除生鮮食品價格的通脹率，爲2.7%，符合路透社經濟學家的預期，並高於6月份的2.6%。
However, the so called "core-core" inflation rate, which strips out prices of both fresh food and energy and is tracked by the Bank of Japan, fell to 1.9% in July from 2.2% in June.
然而，所謂的「核心核心」通脹率，即剔除生鮮食品和能源價格的通脹率，並由日本銀行跟蹤，7月份從6月份的2.2%降至1.9%。
This is the lowest the "core-core" inflation rate has reached since September 2022.
這是「核心核心」通脹率自2022年9月以來的最低水平。
Japan's Nikkei 225 started the day 0.16% higher, while the Topix was 0.31% up.
日本的日經225指數開盤比前一日上漲0.16%，而Topix指數上漲0.31%。
South Korea's Kospi was down 0.56%, and the small-cap Kosdaq fell 0.73%.
韓國的韓國綜合指數下跌0.56%，小市值的韓國創業板指數下跌0.73%。
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.16%.
澳洲S&P/ASX 200下跌了0.16%。
Hong Kong Hang Seng index futures were at 17,490, lower than the HSI's last close of 17,641.
香港恒生指數期貨在17,490，低於恒生指數上次收盤價17,641。
Overnight in the U.S., the tech heavy Nasdaq Composite saw the largest loss among all three major indexes, shedding 1.67% as technology stocks felt the brunt of Thursday's declines.
昨晚在美國，科技股承受了週四下跌的壓力，科技股貢獻了三個主要指數中最大的跌幅，納斯達克綜合指數下跌了1.67%。
The broad S&P 500 slipped 0.89%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended down 0.43%. — CNBC
全球貨幣S&P 500下跌了0.89%，而道瓊斯指數下跌了0.43%。-CNBC