World Stocks Eye 1 Percent Weekly Loss, US Yield Curve Indicates Recession

World Stocks Eye 1 Percent Weekly Loss, US Yield Curve Indicates Recession
Visitors walk past Japan's Nikkei stock prices quotation board inside a conference hall in Tokyo, Japan, on Sept. 14, 2022. Issei Kato/Reuters
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LONDON/SYDNEY—World stocks were heading on Friday for a 1 percent loss on the week, drifting from recent two-month highs after U.S. Federal Reserve officials fired more warning shots on interest rates, while the U.S. bond yield curve priced for a recession.

The dollar and bond yields rose after St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said interest rates might need to hit a range from 5-5.25 percent from the current level of just below 4.00 percent to be “sufficiently restrictive” to curb inflation.