CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Japan is on Monday scheduled to release November figures for key machine orders and December numbers for corporate goods prices, highlighting a modest day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.
Analysts are expecting machine orders to rise 1.9 percent on year and 4.0 percent on month following the 1.5 percent annual gain and the 6.9 percent monthly contraction in October. The corporate goods price index is tipped to add an annual 1.2 percent after rising 1.7 percent in November.
Australia will provide November figures for housing loans, as well as the TD Securities Inflation Gauge for December. Housing finance is expected to climb 1.4 percent on month, while little change is expected for the inflation gauge from the previous month's reading of 2.1 percent.
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