Australia Building Approval Data Due On Thursday

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Australia Building Approval Data Due On Thursday

(RTTNews) - Australia will on Thursday see January numbers for building approvals, highlighting a light day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.

Overall approvals are seen higher by 6.3 percent on month after adding 0.7 percent in December. Private house approvals are expected to rise 1.1 percent after sinking 3.0 percent in the previous month.

Hong Kong will provide Q4 figures for industrial production and producer prices; in the three months prior, industrial production was down 0.1 percent on year and producer prices were up an annual 3.2 percent.

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