Japan Core Machine Orders On Tap For Thursday

(RTTNews) - Japan will on Thursday release core machine orders data for November, highlighting a modest day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.

Core machine orders are expected to rise 1.1 percent on month and 11.7 percent on year after adding 0.6 percent on month and 17.8 percent on year in October.

Japan also will see November numbers for tertiary industry and December figures for prices of domestic corporate goods.

The tertiary industry index is expected to add 0.7 percent on month after losing 0.7 percent in October. The domestic CGPI is tipped to add 0.3 percent on month and 2.6 percent on year after collecting 0.1 percent on month and 2.7 percent on year in November.

Australia will provide December numbers for unemployment, with analysts expecting the addition of 10,000 jobs after the creation of 21,000 in November. The unemployment rate is expected to hold steady at 5.8 percent.