South Korea Industrial Production On Tap For Thursday

(RTTNews) - South Korea will on Thursday release November numbers for industrial production and retail sales, highlighting a modest day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.

In October, industrial production was down 1.7 percent on month and 1.6 percent on year, while retail sales picked up 5.2 percent on month and 2.3 percent on year.

Hong Kong will provide November figures for imports, exports and trade balance. In October, imports were worth 350.95 billion HKD and exports were at 313.73 billion HKD for a trade deficit of 37.22 billion HKD.

Singapore will see November numbers for producer prices; in October, producer prices added 0.3 percent on month and dropped 2.7 percent on year.

Malaysia will release M2 money supply figures for November; in October, the supply was up 0.6 percent on month and 3.2 percent on year.