CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - China will on Wednesday release June numbers for consumer and producer prices, highlighting a modest day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.
Consumer prices are expected to rise 2.4 percent on year, slowing from 2.5 percent in May, while PPI is tipped to fall 1.0 percent after losing 1.4 percent in the previous month.
Japan will provide June numbers for money stock and machine tool orders. The M2 money stock is expected to rise 3.0 percent on year after gaining 3.3 percent in May. M3 is called higher by 2.5 percent, slowing from .6 percent a month earlier. Tool orders surged 24.1 percent on year in May.
Australia will see July results for the Westpac consumer confidence survey; in June, the survey added 0.2 percent on month to a score of 93.2.
New Zealand will release June numbers for credit card spending; in May, retail spending was up 1.3 percent on month and overall spending jumped 1.7 percent.
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