CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Australia will on Thursday release October figures for unemployment, setting the pace for a modest day in Asia-Pacific economic activity.
The unemployment rate is expected to rise to 5.7 percent from 5.6 percent in September, with the addition of 10,000 jobs following the gain of 9,100 in the previous month.
Japan will see preliminary September numbers for its leading and coincident indexes, with analysts expecting scores of 109.4 and 108.3, respectively. Those numbers are up from 106.8 and 107.6 in August.
Japan also will release October data for Tokyo office vacancies; in September, vacancies were up 7.9 percent.
The Malaysia central bank will conclude its monetary policy meeting and then announce its decision on interest rates; the bank is widely expected to keep rates on hold at 3.00 percent.
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