07-06-2016 10:31 via news.yahoo.com

Asian markets climb after Yellen comments

Asian stock markets rose for a third straight trading day Tuesday after Federal Reserve boss Janet Yellen said the US economy was still in good shape and any increase in borrowing costs would be slow and low. After Friday's well-below-forecast US jobs report raised worries about the country's growth -- and sent the dollar and Wall Street tumbling -- Yellen said that while the figures were "concerning" she was still upbeat about the outlook. Friday's figures showing the US economy in May created
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