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According to the Economic Intelligence Department, Osaka, Japan is the 43rd most expensive city.

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Asia-Pacific stocks fell most of the time on Wednesday, even if Wall Street overnight S&P 500 Closed at record highs as investors seem to have looked past tariffs and inflation rates.

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 The day started was 0.13% lower, while the wider Topix index trading plane.

Results from Reuters Tankan polls showed that business sentiment among Japanese manufacturers rose in the second month of February. The manufacturer’s emotional index starts from January’s plus 2, which is the highest plus sign since November (its highest level).

In Korea, kospi From the day on, it was 0.71% higher, while the small kosdaq was 0.31% higher.

Futures in Hong Kong Hanging Forest Index The last transaction had a price of 22,775, pointing to the weak open rate of HSI close to 22,976.81.

Australia S&P/ASX 200 Starting the second day of the country’s central bank, 0.56% started Reduce the rate by 25 basis points To 4.10%, marking the November 2020.

Elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific region, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand expects the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to lower its benchmark by 50 benchmarks to 3.75 per cent at its policy meeting later that day, Reuters polls show.

Central banks have lowered interest rates by 125 basis points since August last year, but there are still more The economic recession, the unemployment rate is still being promoted.

Overnight in the U.S., the three indexes rose, and the S&P 500 rallied for a few seconds before the stock closed, shutting down at record heights. The wide market index rose 0.24% to a record 6,129.58 after hitting an intraday record of 6,129.63 before the final clock. this Nasdaq Composite Materials Closed 0.07% in 20,041.26, while Dow Jones Industrial Average Add 10 points or 0.02% to complete the meeting with a score of 44,556.34.

The energy sector was the best performance in the S&P 500, up 1.9%, while technology stocks also improved.

– Brian Evans and Sarah Min of CNBC contributed to the report.

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