Asian shares decline ahead of Fed decision on interest rates


              A man bikes past the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Stocks are off to a modestly higher start on Wall Street ahead of a widely expected interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 was up half a percent in the early going Wednesday, as was the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
            
              Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower on Thursday after the Federal Reserve delivered another big interest rate hike to cool galloping inflation and raised its outlook for more. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
            
              A currency trader walks by screens showing the foreign exchange rates at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower on Thursday after the Federal Reserve delivered another big interest rate hike to cool galloping inflation and raised its outlook for more. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
            
              A currency trader watches monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower on Thursday after the Federal Reserve delivered another big interest rate hike to cool galloping inflation and raised its outlook for more. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
            
              A currency trader talks on the phone at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower on Thursday after the Federal Reserve delivered another big interest rate hike to cool galloping inflation and raised its outlook for more. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
            
              A man pauses outside the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Stocks are off to a modestly higher start on Wall Street ahead of a widely expected interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 was up half a percent in the early going Wednesday, as was the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
            
              A man bikes past the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Stocks are off to a modestly higher start on Wall Street ahead of a widely expected interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 was up half a percent in the early going Wednesday, as was the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
            
              A man walks past the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Stocks are off to a modestly higher start on Wall Street ahead of a widely expected interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 was up half a percent in the early going Wednesday, as was the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
            
              A man pauses outside the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Stocks are off to a modestly higher start on Wall Street ahead of a widely expected interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 was up half a percent in the early going Wednesday, as was the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
            
              A man bikes past the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Stocks are off to a modestly higher start on Wall Street ahead of a widely expected interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 was up half a percent in the early going Wednesday, as was the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
            
              A man walks past the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Stocks are off to a modestly higher start on Wall Street ahead of a widely expected interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 was up half a percent in the early going Wednesday, as was the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
            
              A man pauses outside the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Stocks are off to a modestly higher start on Wall Street ahead of a widely expected interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 was up half a percent in the early going Wednesday, as was the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
            
              A man bikes past the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Stocks are off to a modestly higher start on Wall Street ahead of a widely expected interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 was up half a percent in the early going Wednesday, as was the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
            
              A man walks past the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Stocks are off to a modestly higher start on Wall Street ahead of a widely expected interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 was up half a percent in the early going Wednesday, as was the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
            
              A man pauses outside the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Stocks are off to a modestly higher start on Wall Street ahead of a widely expected interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 was up half a percent in the early going Wednesday, as was the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
            
              A man bikes past the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Stocks are off to a modestly higher start on Wall Street ahead of a widely expected interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 was up half a percent in the early going Wednesday, as was the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
            
              A man walks past the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Stocks are off to a modestly higher start on Wall Street ahead of a widely expected interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 was up half a percent in the early going Wednesday, as was the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
            
              A man pauses outside the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Stocks are off to a modestly higher start on Wall Street ahead of a widely expected interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 was up half a percent in the early going Wednesday, as was the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
            
              A man bikes past the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Stocks are off to a modestly higher start on Wall Street ahead of a widely expected interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 was up half a percent in the early going Wednesday, as was the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
            
              A man walks past the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Stocks are off to a modestly higher start on Wall Street ahead of a widely expected interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 was up half a percent in the early going Wednesday, as was the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
            
              A man pauses outside the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Stocks are off to a modestly higher start on Wall Street ahead of a widely expected interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 was up half a percent in the early going Wednesday, as was the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
            
              A man bikes past the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Stocks are off to a modestly higher start on Wall Street ahead of a widely expected interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 was up half a percent in the early going Wednesday, as was the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
            
              A man walks past the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Stocks are off to a modestly higher start on Wall Street ahead of a widely expected interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 was up half a percent in the early going Wednesday, as was the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
            
              A man pauses outside the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Stocks are off to a modestly higher start on Wall Street ahead of a widely expected interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 was up half a percent in the early going Wednesday, as was the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
            
              A man bikes past the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Stocks are off to a modestly higher start on Wall Street ahead of a widely expected interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 was up half a percent in the early going Wednesday, as was the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
            
              A man walks past the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Stocks are off to a modestly higher start on Wall Street ahead of a widely expected interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 was up half a percent in the early going Wednesday, as was the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
            
              A man pauses outside the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Stocks are off to a modestly higher start on Wall Street ahead of a widely expected interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 was up half a percent in the early going Wednesday, as was the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
            
              A man bikes past the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Stocks are off to a modestly higher start on Wall Street ahead of a widely expected interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 was up half a percent in the early going Wednesday, as was the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
            
              A man walks past the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Stocks are off to a modestly higher start on Wall Street ahead of a widely expected interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 was up half a percent in the early going Wednesday, as was the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
            
              A man pauses outside the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Stocks are off to a modestly higher start on Wall Street ahead of a widely expected interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 was up half a percent in the early going Wednesday, as was the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
            
              A man bikes past the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Stocks are off to a modestly higher start on Wall Street ahead of a widely expected interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 was up half a percent in the early going Wednesday, as was the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
            
              A man walks past the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Stocks are off to a modestly higher start on Wall Street ahead of a widely expected interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 was up half a percent in the early going Wednesday, as was the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
            
              FILE - Pedestrians pass the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, May 5, 2022, in the Manhattan borough of New York. Stocks are opening broadly lower on Wall Street and Treasury yields are rising ahead of a key decision on interest rates by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 index was off 1.2% in the early going Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
            
              A person wearing a protective mask waits for traffic signal in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in Tokyo. Asian shares mostly declined Wednesday as investors looked ahead to a widely expected interest rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve in its bid to squash the highest inflation in decades.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
            
              People wearing protective masks walk in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in Tokyo. Asian shares mostly declined Wednesday as investors looked ahead to a widely expected interest rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve in its bid to squash the highest inflation in decades. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
            
              People wearing protective masks ride bicycle in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in Tokyo. Asian shares mostly declined Wednesday as investors looked ahead to a widely expected interest rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve in its bid to squash the highest inflation in decades.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Asian shares decline ahead of Fed decision on interest rates