Asia stocks see slim weekly gain, await US inflation

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Passersby walk past an electric monitor displaying the Japanese yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar outside a brokerage in Tokyo By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks were poised to eke out gains for the final full trading week of the year on Friday, while the dollar eyed a loss as investors look to 2024 as a year of steep U.S. rate cuts. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan went up 0.3% in early trade. For the week the index is very marginally higher. Banking shares helped Japan's Nikkei rise 0.2%. The euro poked above $1.10....