Traders fret as banking spree hangs over markets

Ueda speaks at a BoJ conference in Tokyo. — Bloomberg

SINGAPORE: Investors begin the week desperate for answers to questions about the near-term path of global monetary policy after conflicting signals from key economies upended markets.

Major central banks are set to meet in Tokyo and Washington tomorrow and London on Thursday, with traders struggling to decide if the Bank of Japan (BoJ) will hike interest rates and then when and by how much the Federal Reserve (Fed) and Bank of England (BoE) will cut them.