China is on Tuesday scheduled to release March figures for consumer and producer prices, highlighting a modest day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.
CPI is expected to come in at 2.5 percent, down from 3.2 percent in February. PPI is called at -1.8 percent after showing -1.6 percent in the previous month.
The Bank of Japan will release the minutes from its monetary policy meeting on March 6 and 7. At the meeting, the policy board unanimously voted to retain the benchmark uncollateralized overnight call rate at 0-0.1 percent. The board also decided to hold the size of the asset purchase program at JPY 76 trillion.
Australia will see the March results of the NAB surveys on business conditions and confidence; in February, conditions were at -3 and confidence showed +1.
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