HONG KONG: Asian stocks tumbled Monday, extending last week’s global sell-off as comments from top central bankers rang alarm bells on trading floors that the days of cheap money could be numbered.

Regional investors followed their US and European counterparts in heading for the exit after two Federal Reserve officials on Friday lent their support to a hike in US interest rates as soon as this month.

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