Wall Street loves lower interest rates because they can goose the economy and prices for investments, even though they can also worsen inflation. A halt in cuts could undercut U.S. stock prices after they already ran to records in part on expectations for more reductions.

Asian shares are lower, tracking Wall Street’s tumble to one of its worst days since April as Nvidia and other AI superstar stocks kept dropping on worries their prices have shot too high

U.S. government shutdown ends after 43 days, but markets brace for another funding fight as investors weigh lost data and Fed uncertainty.

Asian shares traded mixed on Thursday after U.S. stocks drifted near their records.