Asia markets to fall ahead of inflation data from Japan and Hong Kong


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A man pushes a trolley across a street in the Kowloon district of Hong Kong on November 22, 2022. Asia-Pacific markets are set to fall on Friday ahead of key economic data from Japan, Australia and Hong Kong. Japan's core inflation for March came in at 3.1%, unchanged from February, while headline inflation stood at 3.2%, slightly below last month's figure of 3.3%. The Nikkei futures contract in Chicago was at 28,610, while its counterpart in Osaka was at 28,600 against the Nikkei 225's last close at 28,657.57. In Australia, futures for the S&P/ASX 200 stood at 7,339, compared to...