CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Thailand will on Monday release January figures for consumer and producer prices, setting the pace for a modest day in Asia-Pacific economic activity.
In December, CPI was up 1.7 percent on year and 0.14 percent on month, while core CPI added 0.9 percent on year and 0.1 percent on month. PPI was up 1.0 percent on year and 0.8 percent on month.
Australia will see December numbers for building approvals, plus January figures for the RBA's commodity index, ANZ's job index, AiG's manufacturing index and TD Securities inflation forecast.
Building approvals in November were down 1.5 percent on month and up 22.2 percent on year. The commodity index in December dipped 4.0 percent on year to a score of 92.1. The manufacturing index saw a score of 47.7 in the previous month, while inflation was forecast higher by 0.7 percent on month and 2.7 percent on year.
China will provide January results for its non-manufacturing PMI; in December, it saw a score of 54.6.
Finally, a number of markets remain closed for the Lunar New Year holiday, including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia and Vietnam.
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