CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Japan is on Wednesday scheduled to release October figures for imports, exports and trade balance, highlighting a modest day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.
Imports are expected to fall 3.2 percent on year after rising 4.1 percent in September. Exports are called lower by 4.9 percent on year after plunging 10.3 percent in the previous month. The trade balance is expected to reflect a deficit of 360.0 billion yen after showing a 561.7 billion yen shortfall a month earlier.
Australia will see Q3 results for its house affordability index, plus October numbers for skilled vacancies and September's leading index from Westpac. The affordability index came in at 62.5 in the second quarter, while vacancies were down 3.7 percent on month in September. The leading index was up 0.5 percent on month in August.
New Zealand will announce credit card spending figures for October; in the previous month, spending was up 0.9 percent on month and 1.5 percent on year.
China will see the October results of the Conference Board leading and coincident indexes; in September, they were up 0.3 percent and 0.5 percent, respectively.
Malaysia will see consumer price index figures for October, with forecasts suggesting that the inflation rate will hold steady at 1.3 percent on year. On month, CPI was up 0.2 percent in September. Malaysia also will announce unemployment data for September; in August, the unemployment rate was 2.8 percent and the participation rate came in at 64.7 percent.
Singapore will release Q3 data for wholesale sales; in the second quarter, sales were up 2.3 percent on quarter and down 0.7 percent on year.
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