Asian stocks ended mixed on Friday, but still ended the week solidly higher as mixed signals on the U.S. economy served to push back expectations of the first Fed rate increase since 2006. Some calm returned to global bond markets and ECB President Mario Draghi reiterated his pledge to keep economic stimulus policies in place “as long as needed” to stabilize prices, helping limit the downside in the markets ahead of some key U.S. data on manufacturing activity, industrial production and consumer sentiment due out later tonight.