Japan Trade Data Due On Wednesday

(RTTNews) - Japan will on Wednesday release September figures for imports, exports and trade balance, highlighting a modest day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.

Imports are expected to rise 2.7 percent on year after falling 1.4 percent in August. Exports are called higher by 6.5 percent after shedding 1.3 percent in the previous month. The trade balance is expected to reflect a deficit of 773.0 billion yen after showing a shortfall of 949.7 billion yen a month earlier.

Australia will provide Q3 figures for consumer prices, and also see August results for the Conference Board's leading index and September data for the Westpac leading index.

Inflation is expected to rise 2.3 percent on year and 0.4 percent on quarter, slowing from 3.0 percent on year and 0.5 percent on quarter in Q2. The CB index was up 0.5 percent in July, while the Westpac index eased 0.1 percent in August.