CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Japan will on Thursday release April figures for producer prices, highlighting a light day for Asia-Pacific economic activity. Producer prices are expected to add 0.2 percent on year, unchanged from the previous month.
Australia will provide Q1 numbers for private capital expenditure, with forecasts suggesting a decline of 3.5 percent following the 0.8 percent gain in the previous three months.
Singapore will see April numbers for industrial production, with forecasts suggesting an increase of 1.2 percent on month and a decline of 0.4 percent on year. That follows the 1.0 percent increase and the 0.5 percent yearly decline in March.
Hong Kong will release April numbers for imports, exports and trade balance. In March, imports were worth 322.39 billion HKD and exports were at 275.36 billion HKD for a trade deficit of 47.03 billion HKD.
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