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World stocks and the U.S. dollar edged lower, while government bond yields fell, with investors certain the Federal Reserve will lift interest rates for the first time in a year on Wednesday but less so about what it may do in 2017.
European shares fell 0.4 percent and U.S. stock futures were flat, suggesting a cautious start to Wall Street trading after Tuesday’s stock market rally to all-time highs.
Asian stocks outside Japan eked out just a 0.1 percent gain, while benchmark indexes in Japan and China dithered either side of flat with investors reluctant to push shares much higher before the Fed meeting.
The Fed is widely tipped to lift interest rates 25 basis points to 0.50-0.75 percent at the end of a two-day meeting on Wednesday. Its rate announcement is due at 1900 GMT, followed by Chair Janet Yellen’s news conference 30 minutes later.
It would be the Fed’s first interest rate hike in a year and its second since the financial crisis.