Japan Leading Index On Tap For Monday

(RTTNews) - Japan will on Monday release final August figures for its leading and coincident indexes, highlighting a modest day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.

Little change is expected from the preliminary readings that called for scores of 104.0 and 108.5, respectively. The leading index in July was at 105.4, while the coincident came in at 109.9.

Japan also will see September figures for department store sales. Nationwide sales eased 0.3 percent on year in August, while sales in the Tokyo region added an annual 1.3 percent.

New Zealand will see October numbers for the consumer confidence index from ANZ; in September, the index added 1.8 percent on month to a score of 127.7.

Hong Kong will release unemployment data for September, with analysts expecting the jobless rate to remain unchanged at 3.3 percent.