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Hong Kong Retail Sales Data Due On Thursday
(RTTNews) - Hong Kong will on Thursday release November numbers for retail sales, highlighting a light day for Asia-Pacific economic activity. In October, sales were up 5.6 percent on year.
Thailand will provide December data for consumer prices; in November, overall inflation was down 0.44 percent on year and core CPI rose an annual 0.58 percent.
Finally, a number of regional areas will see December PMI results, including Hong Kong and Singapore (private sector) and China and Australia (services).
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