CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - China will on Tuesday release October numbers for consumer prices, highlighting a busy day in Asia-Pacific economic activity.
Consumer prices are expected to rise 1.5 percent on year, slowing from 1.6 percent in September. Producer prices are called lower by 5.9 percent, unchanged from the previous month.
Australia will see September figures for home loans and also the October results for the business confidence survey from NAB.
Home loans are expected to be flat on month after rising 2.9 percent in August. The business confidence index had a score of +5 in September, while conditions were at +9.
Japan will provide September numbers for current account and October figures for bank lending, bankruptcies and the eco watchers survey.
The current account surplus is tipped at 2,154.0 billion yen, up from 1,653.1 billion yen in August. Bank lending is expected to hold steady at 2.6 percent. Bankruptcies were down 18.62 percent on year in September.
The eco watchers survey for current conditions is expected to show a score of 48.1, up from 47.5 in September. The outlook survey is pegged at 49.3, up from 49.1 a month earlier.
Finally, the markets in Malaysia and Singapore are closed on Tuesday in observance of Deepavali, and will re-open on Wednesday.
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