New Zealand Unemployment Data Due On Wednesday

RTTNews | 6 days ago
New Zealand Unemployment Data Due On Wednesday

(RTTNews) - New Zealand will on Wednesday release Q2 figures for unemployment, highlighting a modest day for Asia-Pacific economic activity. The jobless rate is expected to tick up to 5.3 percent from 5.1 percent following a 0.1 percent loss in employment.

Australia will see July results for the manufacturing and construction indexes from the Australian Industry Group; in June, their scores were -29.3 and -14.9, respectively.

Taiwan will provide July numbers for consumer prices; in June, overall inflation was up 0.14 percent on month and 1.37 percent on year.

Thailand will release July data for consumer prices; in June, overall inflation was down 0.25 percent on year and core CPI rose an annual 1.06 percent.

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