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Global markets are pulling in opposite directions. Deal-making in Japan has reached an all-time high, driven by foreign buyers [money#2]. Overseas investors are paying up for Japanese assets at a record pace of mergers and acquisitions [money#2].
That optimism is not shared across the rest of Asia. Asian technology shares plunged after a Chinese chipmaker reported a key advance [money#3]. The split shows investors repricing confidence in corporate Japan against nerves around the chip race [money#2] [money#3].
Australia is living its own divergence: copper mines are booming while coal struggles [money#4]. The two commodities are moving on entirely different tracks as the mining economy tilts toward metals and away from fossil fuels [money#4].
Europe faces pressure on the currency front. The euro has slid to fresh lows against the US dollar and the British pound despite rate hikes from the ECB [money#7]. The currency's slide against both the dollar and the pound underscores how far markets have repriced European rate expectations [money#7].
Against that backdrop, the IMF is urging support for poorer nations facing high inflation and the spillovers of war [money#12]. The call highlights who bears the cost when rich-world markets diverge: countries already squeezed by rising prices and conflict fallout [money#12].