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Asian markets plummeted today as U.S. Treasury yields surged to a one-year peak, shifting focus from tech stocks to inflation concerns and anticipation of a Fed rate hike this year. Trumps Beijing visit with Xi Jinping yielded mixed results, with analysts viewing it as a fragile truce rather than a resolution to underlying issues. Markets suffered heavily, with MSCIs Asia-Pacific index outside Japan dropping 2.3% and Japans Nikkei falling 1.8% due to soaring wholesale inflation. South Koreas KOSPI tumbled over 5% after reaching an eight-thousand-point milestone, while Chinas blue chips eased 0.6%. Hong Kongs Hang Seng also declined 1.4%. Rising oil prices exacerbated inflation fears, causing U.S. Treasuries to suffer weak auctions across three-year, ten-year, and thirty-year bonds. The thirty-year yield reached 5.067%, its highest since July 2025, while two-year notes hit 4.065% and ten-year notes at 4.528%. The dollar gained 1.3% this week, its best performance in two months, pushing the yen past 158 and sterling to a one-month low amid UK political turmoil. Traders are now bracing for more yield spikes and global flashpoints.

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