Indonesian stocks ease, bucking regional trend as Asian share markets gain on US debt ceiling deal


JAKARTA, May 29 (Reuters): Asian stocks rose on Monday, tracking US futures, after a deal to suspend the US government's debt ceiling until 2025 averted a potential default that would likely have led to recession in the United States and trouble for the global economy.

The deal struck on Saturday evening between congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden will now have to pass through the narrowly divided Congress.

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