Asian stocks slide to two-month low on debt ceiling jitters

SINGAPORE  – Asian shares stumbled to a two-month low on Thursday, and the dollar rose as the impasse in negotiations to raise the debt ceiling undermined risky assets on worries about the hit to the global economy if the U.S. government defaults. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.84 percent to 503.93, … Continue reading Asian stocks slide to two-month low on debt ceiling jitters