Japan Current Account Data Due On Monday

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Japan Current Account Data Due On Monday

(RTTNews) - Japan will on Monday release May figures for current account, highlighting a light day for Asia-Pacific economic activity. In April, the current account surplus was 2.051 trillion yen.

Japan also will see June results for bank lending and for the economy watchers index; in May, bank lending was up 3.0 percent on year, while the eco index had a score of 45.7.

Australia will provide May data for home loans; in April, loans were up 4.3 percent on month and investment lending rose 5.6 percent.

Indonesia will see June results for its consumer confidence index; in May, the index score was 125.2.

Finally, the markets in Malaysia are closed on Monday for the Islamic New Year; they will re-open on Tuesday.

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