CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Australia will on Thursday provide December figures for unemployment, highlighting a busy day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.
The unemployment is expected to rise to 5.4 percent from 5.2 percent in November. In addition, 4,500 jobs are expected to have been created following the addition of 13,900 in the previous month.
Australia also will see inflation forecasts for January; in December, CPI was expected at 1.8 percent.
New Zealand will see the January results for the consumer confidence survey and the December numbers for job ads - both courtesy of ANZ. The consumer confidence index was up 0.5 percent on month in December to a score of 114.7, while job ads dipped 0.8 percent on month in November.
Japan will announce November results for its tertiary industry index, with forecasts suggesting contraction of 0.1 percent following the 0.1 percent increase in October.
Hong Kong will announce the unemployment rate for December, with little change expected from the November reading of 3.4 percent.
Singapore will provide December figures for imports, exports and trade balance. In November, imports were at SGD39.83 billion and exports were at SGD41.78 billion, resulting in a surplus of SGD1.95 billion.
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