Asian Stocks Fall as Fed Rate Cut Looms, Hawkish Tone Feared

• Asian shares edged lower due to anxiety over the Federal Reserve's future easing pace.
• The Fed is expected to deliver a 25-basis-point rate cut this week, potentially with a hawkish tone and slower future easing.
• Nvidia's shares climbed after receiving permission to ship H200 AI chips to China.
• Paramount Skydance launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery.
• Japanese bond yields rose after data showed the economy shrank, complicating the Bank of Japan's policy decision.

Why It Matters: Fed anxiety over future rate cuts is causing global market uncertainty.