BoJ Minutes On Tap For Thursday

(RTTNews) - The Bank of Japan will on Thursday release the minutes from its monetary policy meeting on October 6 and 7, highlighting a busy day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.

At the meeting, the central bank left interest rates unchanged at the record low of 0 to 0.10 percent, and also downgraded its view on industrial production. The bank also maintained its pledge to increase the monetary base at an annual pace of about 60 to 70 trillion yen.

Japan also will see preliminary September figures for its leading and coincident indexes. The leading index is expected to show a score of 105.5, up from 104.4 in August - while the coincident is tipped to climb to 109.8 from 108.3.

Australia will release unemployment data for October, with analysts expecting the jobless rate to hold steady at 6.2 percent. They also expect the addition of 20,000 jobs following the loss of 23,700 in September.

The central bank in Malaysia will conclude its monetary policy meeting and announce its decision o0n interest rates, with analysts widely expecting no change to the benchmark's current level of 3.25 percent.

Thailand will see October numbers for its consumer confidence index; in September, the index had a score of 79.2.