CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Japan will on Monday release preliminary figures for its leading and coincident indexes, highlighting a light day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.
The leading index is expected to see a score of 101.6, down from 102.1. The coincident is called at 113.8, up from 110.9.
Australia will see February numbers for job advertisements from ANZ, as well as for the Performance of Construction Index from AiG. In January, job ads climbed 1.0 percent on month, while the construction index had a score of 46.3.
Taiwan will provide February numbers for imports, exports and trade balance. Imports are expected to shed 8.5 percent on year after slipping 11.5 percent in January. Exports are called lower by an annual 12.5 percent following the 13.0 percent contraction in the previous month. The trade balance is expected to show a surplus of $3.49 billion, down from $3.51 billion a month earlier.
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