China Manufacturing PMI On Tap For Tuesday

(RTTNews) - China will on Tuesday see preliminary December figures for the manufacturing PMI from HSBC, highlighting a modest day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.

The index is expected to slip into contraction with a score of 49.8, down from 50.0 in November.

Japan also will see December data for the manufacturing PMI from Markit Economics; in November, the index had a score of 52.0.

The Reserve Bank of Australia will release the minutes from its monetary policy meeting on December 2; at the meeting, the central bank kept its benchmark lending rate unchanged at 2.50 percent.