Australia will on Wednesday release Q4 numbers for gross domestic product, highlighting a busy day for Asia-Pacific economic activity. GDP is expected to rise 0.7 percent on quarter and 2.1 percent on year after adding 0.4 percent on quarter and 2.1 percent on year in the three months prior.
Australia also will see February results for the indexes of manufacturing and construction from AiG; in January, they were at -19.4 and +5.2, respectively.
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