PEKING (dpa-AFX) - The Bank of Japan is scheduled to conclude its two-day monetary policy meeting on Thursday and then announce its decision on interest rates, highlighting a modest day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.
In its final meeting of the year but first since last week's election, the BoJ is expected to keep rates on hold at 0 to 0.10 percent - although it is being encouraged to provide other means of policy easing by the new government.
New Zealand will see the December results of the ANZ surveys for business confidence and activity outlook; in November, they saw scores of 26.4 and 31.6, respectively.
China will see the November results for the Conference Board's leading and coincident indexes; in October, they were up 1.5 percent and 1.3 percent, respectively.
Hong Kong will release inflation data for November; in October, the rate came in at 3.8 percent.
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