*** Below gives key levels of markets at...>

SNAPSHOT: *** Below gives key levels of markets at the start of the Asia-Pac

session:

- Nikkei 225 up 71.86 points at 21450.91

- ASX 200 down 29.571 points at 5921.2

- JGB 10-Yr future up 3 ticks at 150.89, yield down 0.5bp at 0.038%

- Aussie 3-Yr future down 5 ticks at 97.775, yield up 4.9bp at 2.128%

- Aussie 10-Yr future down 4 ticks at 97.245, yield up 3.7bp at 2.735%

- US 10-Yr future up 5+ ticks at 120.04, down 0bp at 2.8849%

- WTI crude up $0.21 at $65.38, Gold up $0.03 at $1332.18

- USDJPY down 13 pips at 105.93

* FOMC DELIVERS EXPECTED HIKE, RATE PATH STEEPER, 3 HIKES REMAINS '18 MEDIAN

* FED CHAIR POWELL: NO SENSE IN DATA THAT INFLATION ABOUT TO ACCELERATE

* RBNZ LEAVE OCR UNCH. AS EXPECTED, NOTES INFLATION EXP. TO WEAKEN FURTHER IN

NEAR TERM

* US TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT ON CHINA TARIFFS AT 12:30 EDT