CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Japan will see final Q3 figures for gross domestic product on Tuesday, highlighting a busy day in Asia-Pacific economic activity.
GDP is expected to add 0.1 percent on quarter and 0.2 percent on year. Last month's preliminary reading suggested a decline of 0.2 percent on quarter and 0.8 percent on year following the 0.2 percent quarterly decline and the 0.7 percent yearly contraction in the second quarter.
Japan also will release October numbers for current account and November numbers for bank lending. The current account surplus is called at 1.60 billion yen, up from 1.468 billion yen in September. Bank lending was up 2.5 percent on year in October.
In addition, Japan will see November numbers for the eco watchers survey; in October, the score for current conditions was 48.2, while the outlook was at 49.1.
Australia will see November results for the indexes for business confidence and conditions from NAB; in October, they had scores of 2 and 9, respectively.
Taiwan will release November numbers for consumer and wholesale prices. CPI is expected to rise 0.39 percent on year after adding 0.31 percent in October. WPI is called lower by 8.11 percent after slipping 8.47 percent in the previous month.
China will release November figures for imports, exports and trade balance. Imports are expected to fall 11.8 percent on year after losing 18.8 percent in October. Exports are called lower by 5.0 percent after losing 6.9 percent in the previous month. The trade surplus is called at $64.15 billion, up from 61.64 billion.
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