New Zealand will on Thursday release Q2 numbers for consumer prices, highlighting a modest day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.

Inflation is expected to have risen 0.5 percent on quarter and 0.3 percent on year after falling 0.3 percent on quarter and adding 0.1 percent on year in the three months prior.

New Zealand also will see June data for the Performance of Manufacturing Index from Business NZ; in May, the index score was 51.5.

Australia will see July results for the consumer confidence index from ANZ, as well as consumer inflation expectations.

The consumer confidence index dipped 3.2 percent in June to a score of 119.9, while the inflation forecast was at 3.00 percent.

Singapore will release June numbers for imports, exports and trade balance. In May, imports were worth SGD32.65 billion and exports were at SGD39.26 billion for a trade surplus of SGD6.61 billion.

Finally, the markets in Indonesia are closed until Wednesday for the Ied-ul-Fitr holiday.

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