CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - South Korea is scheduled to release a raft of data on Monday, highlighting a busy day for Asia-Pacific economic activity. On tap are November figures for imports, exports, trade balance and inflation, as well as the manufacturing PMI.
Imports were up 1.5 percent on year in October, while exports added 1.2 percent for a trade surplus of $3.8 billion. Overall CPI was up 2.1 percent on year and down 0.1 percent on month, while core CPI added 1.5 percent on year and was flat on month. The manufacturing PMI saw a score of 47.4.
Australia will see November results for commodity prices, job advertisements and inflation forecasts, as well as October retail sales data. The commodity price index fell 16.0 percent on year to a score of 87.3 in October, while job ads fell 4.6 percent on month in the previous month. Inflation was predicted to be up 2.4 percent on year and 0.1 percent on month in October, while retail sales added 0.5 percent on month in September.
Japan will release Q3 figures for capital spending, October numbers for loans and discounts and November data for vehicle sales. Capex was up 7.7 percent in Q2, while capex minus software climbed 6.6 percent. Loans and discounts gained an annual 0.3 percent in September, while vehicle sales fell 9.0 percent on year in October.
China will announce the November results of its non-manufacturing PMI, as well as the HSBC Manufacturing PMI. The non-manufacturing index saw a score of 55.5 in October, while the manufacturing index came in at 49.5.
Indonesia will release October numbers for imports, exports and trade balance, as well as November inflation data. Imports were at $15.90 billion in September, while exports came in at $15.90 billion, resulting in a trade balance of $0.55 billion. Overall inflation was up 4.61 percent on year and 0.16 percent on month in October, while core CPI jumped an annual 6.33 percent and added 0.38 percent on month.
Thailand will provide November numbers for consumer and producer prices. Consumer prices were up 3.3 percent on year and 0.13 percent on month, while core CPI gained an annual 1.8 percent and 0.02 percent on month. PPI added 1.1 percent on year and 0.5 percent on month.
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