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Asian shares were mostly higher Thursday after the latest update on U.S. inflation came in almost exactly as economists expected, and data on Japan’s economy showed relatively healthy growth. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 added 0.8% to finish at 36,726.64. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng declined 0.3% to 17,054.92, while the Shanghai Composite surged 1.0% to 2,877.73.

TOKYO (Reuters) -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. U.S. S&P 500 futures pointed 0.16% higher after the cash index advanced 0.4% on Wednesday, buoyed by the slowest rise in the consumer price index in more than three years. "The report 'checked the box' for the Fed to start cutting rates in September," TD Securities analysts wrote in a report.

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Investors are pricing in with certainty that a rate cut is coming in September, per the CME FedWatch tool.

China's Lenovo Group reported a 20% rise in its quarterly revenue on Thursday, as the global personal computer market showed signs of recovery after a two-year slump. For the three months ended in June, the company's revenue rose to $15.4 billion, above the average estimate of $14.1 billion expected by analysts polled by LSEG. This marks a third consecutive quarter of revenue growth for Lenovo after it suffered five straight quarters of revenue declines amid the post-COVID slowdown.