CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Australia will on Wednesday release Q1 numbers for consumer prices, highlighting a busy day in Asia-Pacific economic activity.
Inflation is expected to rise 3.2 percent on year and 0.8 percent on quarter after gaining 2.7 percent on year and 0.8 percent on quarter in the previous three months.
The trimmed mean and weighted median are both expected to add 0.7 percent on quarter and 2.9 percent on year, accelerating from 0.9 percent on quarter and 2.6 percent on year.
New Zealand will release March figures for credit card spending; in February, spending was up 0.3 percent on month and 5.9 percent on year.
China will see April results for the manufacturing PMI from HSBC, with analysts looking for a score of 48.3 - up from 48.0 in March.
Singapore will provide unemployment data for the first quarter of 2014; the jobless rate was 1.8 percent in the three months prior. Also on tap are inflation figures for March, with forecasts suggesting an increase of 0.2 percent on month and 1.1 percent on year.
The central bank in Thailand 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 2.00 percent.
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