BEIJING, April 22 (Reuters) - Asian shares tumbled on Friday as investors fretted about an increasingly aggressive rate-hike outlook for the United States as well as the fallout for the global economy from lockdowns in China.

April 22 (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Friday, heading for a drop of nearly 4% for the week, burdened by the prospect of rate hikes, weaker global growth and COVID-19 lockdowns in China hurting demand, even as the European Union weighed a ban on Russian oil.

SINGAPORE, April 22 (Reuters) - The dollar was headed for its seventh consecutive weekly gain on the yen on Friday and its best one-week rise on China's yuan in more than two years as higher U.S. yields hoist the greenback.

BERLIN, April 20 (Reuters) - New car registrations in Europe dropped for the ninth month in a row in March as supply chain problems hampered even further by the war in Ukraine continued to hit the region's automotive sector, industry data showed on Wednesday.

HONG KONG, April 21 (Reuters) - Mainland China and Hong Kong stocks fell on Thursday, hurt by worries about the Chinese economy, but an overnight tumble in longer-dated U.S. Treasury yields lent support to other benchmark indexes.

TOKYO, April 21 (Reuters) - The dollar edged up on Thursday supported by expectations for aggressive Federal Reserve monetary tightening, but was well off the previous day's peaks amid nervousness about what a gathering of finance ministers might be said about its rapid appreciation.