Asian stocks followed Wall Street's lead on Thursday, dipping across the board as investors interpreted the U.S. Federal Reserve's latest policy statements as signalling higher-for-longer interest rates.MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.6%, with the Hong Kong benchmark shedding 0.8%. Japan's Nikkei fell 1%.The yield on two-year U.S. Treasury notes rose to a 17-year high of 5.1970%.
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