Asian Stocks Shrug Off Pressure from Hawkish Fed | The Asia Trade 6/18/2026

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00:00:21 – Warsh-led Fed veers towards rate hike
00:10:54 – Breaking: Trump says he’s signed Iran deal
00:13:26 – University of Michigan’s Betsey Stevenson on Fed outlook
00:22:57 – SpaceX falls for first time since debut
00:26:20 – Asia strategists eye Yen intervention
00:29:52 – US-Iran deal takes effect, focus turns to Strait of Hormuz
00:33:25 – Japanese defense minister Shinjiro Koizumi on China’s military data
00:39:50 – OT Group CEO Ryoji Shoda on Onitsuka Tiger’s spinoff from Asics
00:47:26 – Markets open in Tokyo, Seoul and Sydney
00:51:27 – Warsh sparks surge in rate-hike bets
00:56:38 – Lombard Odier’s Homin Lee on hawkish Fed’s impact on Asia
01:04:07 – US, Iran sign interim peace deal
01:07:27 – G7 targets China’s rare earths dominance
01:11:18 – Asian stocks caught between Fed pain, Chip optimism
01:13:17 – Indonesia, Philippines set to hike rates as caution prevails
01:21:01 – PBOC hints at shift to interest rate framework
01:22:37 – Hutong Research’s Shan Guo at Lujiazui forum in Shanghai
01:30:56 – Exclusive: Tata Starbucks CEO Sushant Dash on expansion plans
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