TOKYO (dpa-AFX) - Japan is on Friday scheduled to release October figures for inflation and corporate service prices, highlighting a modest day for Asian economic activity.
The national core CPI figure is expected to come in at -0.1 percent after adding 0.2 percent in September. Overall CPI is seen flat after easing 0.2 percent in the previous month.
Core CPI for the Tokyo region, considered a leading indicator for the national trend, is tipped at -0.3 percent after showing -0.4 percent a month earlier. Overall Tokyo inflation is called at -0.5 percent, unchanged from the previous month.
Corporate service prices are expected to ease 0.1 percent on year - the same as in September.
Also, Singapore will provide October numbers for industrial production. Output is tipped to jump 8.1 percent on year and fall 2.0 percent on month. That follows the 12.8 percent annual jump and the 0.7 percent monthly contraction in September.
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