Asian stocks slip ahead of Fed Chair Warsh's Jackson Hole debut

At the annual Jackson Hole symposium in Wyoming, Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh prepares to deliver his inaugural address Friday — a moment Asian equity markets are greeting with quiet retreat. The speech arrives not merely as a policy briefing but as a test of institutional clarity, set against visible tensions between Warsh and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that have left investors uncertain about which economic vision guides the most powerful administration in the world. Markets have long understood that Jackson Hole is where central bankers speak in futures tense, and this year, the