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this? reporter: it has been a rough few days for traders all across asia, but here in tokyo, japan s benchmark index the nikkei saw a bit of a slump. one possible explanation is the fact that the bank of japan may be making a potential policy change, and that made people uneasy. and in addition broadly speaking over the last few day, we ve seen declines across markets in japan as well as in china and hong kong. and the issue there may be the fact that chinese tech companies announced that they are going to spend more money, they are going to invest and possibly expand. on the surface that sounds like a good thing, but when money is changing hands, it could make investors a little bit cautious. and in terms of the u.s. futures, is this all to do with inflation and interest rates and fresh fears there?