CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Indonesia is scheduled to release a raft of data on Friday, headlining a modest day for Asia-Pacific economic activity. On tap are November numbers for imports, exports ad trade balance, as well as December figures for inflation and manufacturing.
Imports were worth $15.33 billion in October, while exports were at $15.35 billion for a trade surplus of $0.02 billion. Inflation in November was up 1.5 percent on month and 6.23 percent on year, while core CPI advanced 0.4 percent on month and 4.21 percent on year. The manufacturing PMI had a score of 48.0 in November.
Singapore will release preliminary gross domestic product figures for the fourth quarter and all of 2014; in Q3, GDP was up 3.1 percent on quarter and 2.8 percent on year in Q3.
South Korea will see December results for the manufacturing PMI from Markit Economics; in November, the index had a score of 49.0 - below the boom-or-bust level of 50 that separates expansion from contraction.
Australia will see December numbers for the RBA's commodity price index; in November, the index tumbled 18.6 percent on year to a score of 86.4.
Finally, a number of markets remain closed for an extended New Year's holiday, including New Zealand, Japan, Taiwan, China and Thailand.
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