CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Japan is scheduled to release a batch of data on Monday, highlighting an otherwise light day for Asia-Pacific economic news. On tap are final Q3 figures for gross domestic product, October numbers for current account and November data for bank lending and bankruptcies.
GDP is expected to contract 0.1 percent on quarter and 0.5 percent on year, downgraded from last month's preliminary reading that suggest a decline of 0.4 percent on quarter and 1.6 percent on year.
The current account is expected to show a surplus of 370.1 billion yen, down from 963 billion yen in September. Bank lending is called higher by 2.4 percent on year, down from 2.5 percent in October.
China will release November figures for imports, exports and trade balance. Imports are expected to add 4.0 percent on year after gaining 4.6 percent in October. Exports are called higher by 9.0 percent on year after surging 11.6 percent in the previous month. The trade balance is expected to reflect a surplus of $45.41 billion, fairly flat on month.
Australia will see November results for job ads from ANZ; in October, job ads added 0.2 percent on month.
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