RBA Minutes On Tap For Tuesday

(RTTNews) - The Reserve Bank of Australia will on Tuesday release the minutes from its monetary policy meeting on April 1, highlighting a light day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.

At the meeting, the RBA left its key interest rate unchanged at a record low 2.50 percent.

Singapore will release retail sales data for February, with analyst looking for a decline of 0.6 percent on month and 7.5 percent on year. That follows the 0.6 percent monthly increase and the 0.1 percent yearly gain in January.

Japan will see March numbers for Tokyo condominium sales and machine tool orders; in February, they were down 24.1 percent on year and up 41.8 percent on year, respectively.

Finally, the stock market in Thailand remains closed on Tuesday for the Songkran Festival; it will re-open on Wednesday.