Japanese shares tumble 4% as QE fears haunt markets

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Asian markets racked up further losses overnight as investors continued to fret over the prospect of the Federal Reserve reining in its aggressive quantitative easing programme.

Japan's benchmark index - the Nikkei - ended the day down 3.83% or 500 points, at 13,014, its lowest level since early April. Other Asian markets also suffered overnight, with the MSCI index of Asia-Pacific shares excluding Japan, hitting a six month low after giving up 1%. Sentiment continues to deteriorate despite a rallying call from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who pledged to boost incomes by 3% to stave off the country's decade long battle with deflation. At the start of the speech Japanese shares were in positive trading, up by over a 1%, but by the end fell into negat...

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