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International Business Times
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Asian Stocks Bounce Back After Treasury-led Sell-off

A spike in Japanese inflation has turned the focus on the country's central bank as it considers its next move on monetary policy (Credit: AFP)

Asian equities stabilised Friday following the previous day's US bond-fuelled sell-off with traders tracking a slight pullback in Treasury yields as Donald Trump's signature tax-cutting budget passed a key congressional vote.

Worries about the US budget deficit have returned to the fore this week after Moody's removed its top-tier credit rating and the president pushed ahead with a budget that some suggest will expand the country's ballooning debt.

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