Asian stocks ended mixed on Friday as investors digested the Bank of England's rate hike to a 15-year high and encouraging earnings updates from tech giants Apple and Amazon.A cautious undertone prevailed ahead of U.S. jobs data that could offer further clues on the health of the U.S. economy and Federal Reserve's rate hike path.Economists expect nonfarm payrolls to have risen by 200,000 jobs last...
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May 22, 2026 14:46 ET Minutes of the latest Fed policy session was the highlight of the week along with survey data on the U.S. housing market. In Europe, survey data signaled the trends in the euro area private sector. Further, consumer price inflation data from the U.K. was in focus. In Asia, various economic indicators from China drew attention to the health of the economy.