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Japan's Nikkei and South Korea's Kospi bucked the trend, while Hong Kong and Shanghai indices dropped. US futures showed little change.","category":"Business & Economy","area":"Asia-Pacific","publishedAt":"2026-08-14T07:45:56.009Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-08-14T06:50:38.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-14T07:45:56.009Z","readTime":"4 min read","scores":{"trust":56,"critic":95,"hype":15,"notes":{"trust":"Trust 56 because a named source and specific figures are provided, but only one independent report and no documents.","critic":"Critic 95 as the article explains relevance, quotes a commentator, gives specific data and clear next steps.","hype":"Hype 15; language is measured with no sensational adjectives or clickbait headlines."}},"tags":["#AsiaPacificMarkets","#USInflation","#WholesalePrices","#BrentCrude","#FederalReserve"],"entities":["Nikkei 225","Hang Seng","Shanghai Composite","Brent crude","Federal Reserve","Donald Trump"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["US wholesale prices rose 4.7% in July from a year earlier, down from June’s 5.5% and below forecasts.","Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.3% to 68,533.85, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 1% to 25,137.87.","Brent crude oil dropped 2.1% to $87.06 per barrel early on 14 August 2026.","No right-rated outlet in the sample below carried the story."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Asian equity markets mostly fell on 14 August 2026 after the US reported that wholesale prices rose 4.7% in July compared with a year earlier. The figure was lower than June’s 5.5% annual increase and below what economists had expected."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Japan’s Nikkei 225 index rose 0.3% to 68,533.85, and South Korea’s Kospi gained 1.3% to 6,924.74. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index dropped 1% to 25,137.87, and the Shanghai Composite fell 0.5% to 3,908.05. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 slipped 1.1% to 9,090.90. US futures showed little change."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Brent crude oil, the international benchmark, fell 2.1% to $87.06 per barrel early on 14 August. Stephen Innes of SPI Asset Management said the market had removed the case for another near-term interest-rate increase by the US Federal Reserve."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"No right-rated outlet in the sample below carried the story. 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