Holiday-hit Asian markets mixed, Wall St record fails to inspire
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Asian markets were mixed in holiday-thinned trade Friday as investors struggled to build on another record-setting day on Wall Street, with focus on the upcoming release of key US inflation data. He said the healthy run of data on the economy -- particularly the labour market -- had given the bank time to become confident that the slowdown in inflation is assured.