Malaysia is on Friday scheduled to release February figures for imports, exports and trade balance, highlighting a modest day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.
In January, imports were worth 53.72 billion ringgit, while exports came in at 56.99 billion ringgit for a trade surplus of 3.27 billion ringgit.
The Philippines will provide February figures for producer prices and March data for consumer prices. In January, PPI was down 1.6 percent on month and 7.6 percent on year. In February, CPI was up 0.3 percent on month and 3.4 percent on year.
Japan will see the preliminary February figures for its leading and coincident index. The leading index is expected to show a score of 97.3, up from 95.0 in January. The coincident is called at 91.9, up from 91.6 in the previous month.
Finally, markets in Taiwan and China remain closed on Friday in observance of Tomb-Sweeping Day; they will re-open on Monday.
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