Asian share markets wary before BOJ, Fed verdicts

Asian stock markets were tentative on Tuesday as they braced for a run of policy announcements from the world's major central banks this week, with all eyes on the Bank of Japan's meeting later in the day after it stunned markets in January by adopting negative rates. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dipped 0.1 percent in early trade, but still near 2-1/2-month highs touched on Monday. With the global economy slowing and many countries facing deflationary pressures, inv