Australia Unemployment Data Due On Thursday

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Australia Unemployment Data Due On Thursday

(RTTNews) - Australia will on Thursday release October numbers for unemployment, highlighting a modest day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.

The jobless rate is expected to dip to 4.4 percent from 4.5 percent in September, with the addition of 20.3K jobs following the increase of 14.9K a month earlier. The participation rate is seen steady at 67.0 percent.

Japan will provide October data for producer prices; in September, producer prices were up 0.3 percent on month and 2.7 percent on year.

New Zealand will see September figures for electronic card retail sales; in August, sales were down 0.5 percent on month and up 1.0 percent on year.

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