Indonesia Data On Tap For Monday

(RTTNews) - Indonesia is scheduled to release a raft of data on Monday, highlighting a busy day for Asia-Pacific economic activity. On tap are April numbers for imports, exports and trade balance, plus May figures for inflation and manufacturing PMI.

Imports in March were worth $14.54 billion and exports were at $15.21 billion for a trade surplus of $0.67 billion. Inflation in April was down 0.02 percent on month and up 7.25 percent on year, while core CPI added 0.45 percent on month and 7.67 percent on year. The manufacturing PMI saw a score of 51.1 in April.

Thailand will see May numbers for consumer and producer prices. In April, CPI was up 0.5 percent on month and 2.4 percent on year, while core CPI added 0.4 percent on month and 1.7 percent on year. Producer prices were up 0.4 percent on month and 0.9 percent on year in April.

Japan will see Q1 numbers for capital spending, plus final May numbers for its manufacturing PMI. Capital spending is expected to rise 5.8 percent in Q1 after gaining 4.0 percent in the previous three months. The preliminary read for the manufacturing PMI was for 49.9 - up from 49.4 in April.

Australia will see May numbers for the AIG Performance of Manufacturing Index and the inflation forecast from TD Securities, plus April numbers for building approvals and Q1 data for company operating profits.

The manufacturing index in April saw a score of 44.8, while the inflation forecast was up 0.4 percent on month and 2.8 percent on year. Building approvals are expected to add 2.0 percent on month and 12.3 percent on year after dipping 3.5 percent on month and surging 20.0 percent on year in March. Operating profits are expected to add 2.5 percent on quarter after rising 1.7 percent in the three months prior.

Finally, the stock markets in Taiwan, China and Hong Kong are closed on Monday.