South Korea GDP On Tap For Friday

(RTTNews) - South Korea will on Friday release an advance estimate of Q3 gross domestic product, highlighting a busy day for Asia-Pacific economic activity. GDP was up 0.5 percent on quarter and 0.6 percent on year in the second quarter.

New Zealand will provide September figures for imports, exports and trade balance. Imports are expected to be worth NZ$4.20 billion, up from NZ$4.00 billion in August. Exports are called at NZ$3.50 billion, down from NZ$3.52 billion. The trade balance is expected to show a deficit of NZ$625 million after posting a NZ$472 million shortfall a month earlier.

The Philippines will release trade data for August; in July, imports were worth $5.49 billion and exports were at $5.46 billion for a trade deficit of $33 million.

China will see September results for the leading and coincident indexes from the Conference Board; in August, they were up 0.7 percent on month and flat, respectively.

Malaysia release unemployment data for August; in July, the jobless rate was 2.8 percent and the participation rate was 67.4 percent.

Singapore will provide industrial production numbers for September; in August, output was down 0.2 percent on month and up 4.2 percent on year.