Policy & Geopolitics
Markets Slip as Uncertainty Over Fed Leadership and Geopolitical Risks Ripples Through Asia
Global markets turned cautious as uncertainty over the next U.S. central-bank leader combined with a string of policy, legal and operational shocks — including a reported DOJ inquiry, a Central American court ruling hitting port-linked names, winter-storm disruption and tariff brinkmanship — to push investors into safer assets and amplify volatility across equities, commodities, FX and crypto.