Australia Motor Vehicle Data On Tap For Monday

(RTTNews) - Australia will on Monday release February figures for new motor vehicle sales, highlighting a modest day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.

New motor vehicle sales were down 3.5 percent on month in January and down 3.0 percent on year.

Japan will provide February numbers for Tokyo condominium sales; in January, sales were up 6.1 percent on year.

Singapore will see February figures for imports, exports and trade balance. In January, imports were worth SGD39.17 billion and exports were at SGD43.14 billion for a trade surplus of SGD3.97 billion.

Hong Kong will release unemployment data for February; in January, the jobless rate was 3.1 percent.