Asian shares stumble as US yields, dollar hold firm By Reuters – Investing.com

Asian shares stumble as US yields, dollar hold firm By Reuters – Investing.com

By Alun John

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian shares lost ground on Wednesday, tracking declines on Wall Street as investors fretted over economic uncertainties that caused a spike in U.S. benchmark bond yields and pushed the dollar to a more than 10-month high.

Doubts are re-emerging over the global recovery at a time when the U.S. Federal Reserve is set to taper stimulus and the Biden Administration is stuck in contentious debt ceiling negotiations that could lead to a government shutdown.