RBA Minutes On Tap For Tuesday

(RTTNews) - The Reserve Bank of Australia will on Tuesday release the minutes from its December 4 monetary policy meeting, highlighting a light day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.

At the meeting, the board decided to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged at the record low 1.50 percent - where it has remained since August 2016.

New Zealand will see December results for the business confidence survey and activity outlook from ANZ; in November, their scores were -37.1 and +7.6, respectively.

New Zealand also will see November numbers for non-resident bond holdings; in October, they were at 57.1 percent.

Hong Kong will release November figures for unemployment with forecasts pinning the jobless rate at 2.5 percent - down from 2.8 percent in October.