India, Aug. 4 -- Asian stocks ended mixed on Monday as soft U.S. jobs data stirred concerns over the impact of new tariffs on the world's largest economy but fueled bets on a Federal Reserve rate cut in September.

Some market-watchers say it might even be a 50-basis point move, twice the regular amount to make up the lost time.

Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics Director General over distrust in employment statistics and said Federal Reverse Chair Jerome Powell should be "put out to pasture," stoking fears of political influence on key institutions.

White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said that Trump and his team would study whether firing the Fed Chair was an option.

Regional bonds rose, ...