Singapore is on Thursday scheduled to release April figures for inflation and industrial production, highlighting a modest day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.
Inflation is expected to add 0.1 percent on month and 3.4 percent on year after dipping 0.5 percent on month and rising 3.5 percent on year in March. Industrial production is expected to fall 0.3 percent on month and gain 0.7 percent on year after climbing 6.2 percent on month and shedding 4.1 percent on year in the previous month.
Australia will release consumer inflation expectation data for May; in April, CPI was expected to come in at 2.2 percent.
China will see the May results of the HSBC Flash Manufacturing PMI with analysts expecting to see the index hold steady with a score of 50.4.
Finally, the Bank of Japan will release its monthly economic report for May.
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