Japan Household Confidence Data Due On Wednesday

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Japan Household Confidence Data Due On Wednesday

(RTTNews) - Japan will on Wednesday see September results for its household confidence index, highlighting a light day for Asia-Pacific economic activity. The index is expected to show a score of 37.1, up from 36.7 in August.

Japan also will provide September numbers for its monetary base, with forecasts suggesting an increase of 0.8 percent on year - up from 0.6 percent in August.

South Korea will release September figures for consumer prices; in August, overall inflation was up 0.4 percent on month and 2.0 percent on year.

Australia will see September results for the construction and manufacturing indexes from AiG; in August, their scores were -38.1 and -30.8, respectively.

Finally, the markets in China remain closed for the National Day holiday; they return to action on Oct. 8.

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