MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan (.MIAPJ0000PUS) fell 0.7% and is down 3.6% for the week, its worst since March. Japan's Nikkei (.N225) fell 1% as core inflation in Japan hit its fastest pace in more than four decades. Last week the U.S. Federal Reserve surprised markets with a hawkish outlook and central banks in Australia and Canada have delivered unexpected hikes. Two-year Treasury yields rose 9 bps to 4.8% overnight and were steady at 4.7888% in Asia on Friday. Brent crude futures were set for their worst week in nearly two months and fell 0.5% to $73.79 a barrel.

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Persons: HSI, Wong Kok Hoong, Henry Russell, Maybank's Wong, Jerome Powell, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: Nikkei, Trade, China . Hong Kong, U.S . Federal Reserve, ANZ, U.S, Brent, Thomson Locations: SINGAPORE, Asia, Pacific, Japan, China . Hong, Maybank, Singapore, Britain, Norway, Australia, Canada, Europe, United States