CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Australia is on Thursday scheduled to release January figures for unemployment, highlighting a modest day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.
The unemployment rate is expected to come in at 5.5 percent, with the addition of 6,000 new jobs. That's up from 5.4 percent in December, which saw the loss of 5,500 jobs.
Australia also will release January numbers for the AiG Performance of Construction Index; in December, it came in with a score of 38.8.
Japan will see December figures for machine orders and its leading index. Machine orders are expected to fall 0.8 percent on month and 3.9 percent on year after rising 3.9 percent on month and 0.3 percent on year in November. The leading index is expected to rise to 93.6 from 92.1, while the coincident index is called at 92.6 from 90.2 a month earlier.
Finally, the Taiwan stock market is closed through February 18 for the Lunar New Year holiday.
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