of fixed asset infrastructure and this would favor investment and government spending in gdp. >> steven wong, adjunct associate professor at the university of hong kong. >>> let's get a check of the markets now on worries over china's accelerating inflation weighed on shares in asian markets on friday. shanghai's market index declined nearly 1.8%. hong kong's index down .4%. the nikkei bucking a trend on a weaker yen,i reaching the highet level since 2011. a big of a mixed picture moving into the session. london's ftse 100 just up by .10%. frankfurt up fractionally. paris's cac 40 down by more than .3%. the dollar higher against the yen on expectations that the bank of japan's bold monetary easing will help the economy but the u.s. currency is coming off a bit after reaching the highest point since june 2010 in early asian trading. dollar-yen at 88.80-84. the euro is also gaining against the yen. the european currency is now down at 117.74. that's going to do it for biz tonight. let's get a check now of the markets. >>> the eastern u.s. is seeing warm temperatures, but changes in the forecas