CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - China will on Monday see October results for the manufacturing PMI from Caixin, highlighting a busy day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.
The manufacturing PMI is expected to show a score of 47.6 - up from 47.2 in September but still beneath the boom-or-bust line of 50 that separates expansion from contraction.
Australia will release September figures for building approvals and also see October data for the Reserve Bank of Australia's commodity price index.
Building approvals are tipped to add 1.0 percent on month and 24.1 percent on year after falling 6.9 percent on month and rising 5.1 percent on year in August. The commodity price index in September tumbled 21.3 percent on year to a score of 81.4.
South Korea will see September numbers for current account; in August, the current account surplus was $8.455 billion.
Thailand will provide October figures for consumer and producer prices. CPI is expected to be flat on month and fall 1.0 percent on year after dipping 0.5 percent on month and 1.1 percent on year in September. PPI fell 0.1 percent on month and 3.6 percent on year in September.
Indonesia will release October data for consumer prices, with analysts looking for an increase of 0.1 percent on month and 6.4 percent on year following the 0.05 percent monthly decline and the 6.83 percent annual increase in September.
Finally, a number of countries will see manufacturing PMI numbers for October from Nikkei, including Japan (51.0 last), South Korea (49.2), Taiwan (46.9), Vietnam (49.5), Malaysia (48.3) and Indonesia (47.4).
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