China will on Wednesday release August figures for consumer and producer prices, highlighting a light day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.
Overall inflation is expected to slip 0.2 percent on year following the flat reading in July, while producer prices are seen lower buy an annual 2.6 percent after slumping 3.6 percent a month earlier.
South Korea will see unemployment data for August; in July, the jobless rate was 2.5 percent.
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