CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Malaysia is on Wednesday scheduled to release November figures for imports, exports and trade balance, highlighting a modest day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.
Imports are expected to rise 9.8 percent on year following the 4.6 percent increase in October. Exports are tipped to add an annual 13.5 percent after climbing 15.8 percent in the previous month. The trade balance is expected to show a surplus of 12 billion ringgit, down from 13.22 billion a month earlier.
South Korea will provide unemployment figures for December, with analysts expecting the rate to come in at 3.2 percent - up from 3.1 percent in November.
Australia will see the results of the Westpac Consumer Confidence Index for January. In December, the index had fallen 8.3 percent with a score of 94.7. Australia also will announce data for job vacancies in November; vacancies were up 3.2 percent in the previous month.
Japan will provide preliminary November figures for its leading and coincident indexes, along with December reserve assets data. The leading index is expected to come in at 92.9, up from 92 in October. The coincident is called at 90.3, down from 91.4 in the previous month. And the reserve assets were at $1.304 trillion in November.
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