TOKYO : Asian stocks were firm on Thursday while the dollar remained on the back foot amid lower U.S. Treasury yields after benign consumer inflation data overnight reinforced bets for the Federal Reserve to start cutting interest rates next month. Regional equities took their lead from gains on Wall Street, with Japan's Nikkei rising 0.5 per cent as of 0139 GMT and Australia's stock benchmark up 0.1 per cent. Mainland Chinese blue chips added 0.4 per cent, although Hong Kong's Hang Seng

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