CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - China is scheduled to release a raft of data on Tuesday, highlighting a busy day for Asia-Pacific economic activity. On tap are Q3 numbers for gross domestic product, as well as September figures for industrial production, retail sales and fixed asset investment.
GDP is expected to add 1.8 percent on quarter and 7.2 percent on year after gaining 2.0 percent on quarter and 7.5 percent on year in Q2.
Industrial production is tipped to gain 7.5 percent, up from 6.9 percent in August. Retail sales are expected to add 11.7 percent, slowing from 11.9 percent in the previous month. FAI is called higher by an annual 16.3 percent, down from 16.5 percent a month earlier.
The Reserve Bank of Australia will release the minutes from its monetary policy meeting on October 7. At the meeting, the RBA kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 2.50 percent.
Japan will provide August numbers for its all industry activity index and September data for supermarket sales. The all industry index is expected to dip 0.4 percent on month after easing 0.2 percent in July. Supermarket sales were down an annual 0.1 percent in August.
Also, Japan's Cabinet Office is scheduled to release its monthly economic report for October.
Hong Kong will provide inflation data for September; in August, consumer prices were up 3.9 percent on year.
New Zealand will release September figures for credit card spending; in August, spending was up 0.7 percent on month and 4.2 percent on year.
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