Japan will on Monday release June figures for imports, exports and trade balance, highlighting a modest day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.
Imports are expected to tumble 22.0 percent on year after falling 13.8 percent in May. Exports are called lower by 14.0 percent after rising 9.2 percent in the previous month. The trade surplus is pegged at 470 billion yen following the 40.7 billion yen deficit a month earlier.
Japan also will see final May figures for its leading and coincident indexes; the previous readings were 100.0 and 110.5, respectively.
Singapore will provide inflation data for June; in May, consumer prices slid 0.7 percent on month and 1.6 percent on year.
Malaysia will see unemployment figures for May; in April, the jobless rate was 3.6 percent and the participation rate came in at 67.7 percent.
The Philippines will release May numbers for imports, exports and trade balance. In April, imports were worth 6.53 billion and exports were at $4.25 billion for a trade deficit of $2.28 billion.
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