The Reserve Bank of Australia will on Tuesday release the minutes from its monetary policy meeting on April 7, setting the pace for a modest day in Asia-Pacific economic activity.
At the meeting, the RBA maintained its key benchmark lending rate at 2.25 percent as policymakers judged that it was appropriate to hold interest rates steady for the time being.
Japan will see final February numbers for its leading and coincident index, as well as March figures for nationwide and Tokyo store sales.
Little change is expected from the preliminary readings for the leading and coincident indexes, which suggested scores of 105.3 and 110.5, respectively. Supermarket sales fell 0.8 percent on year in February, while nationwide department store sales climbed 1.1 percent and Tokyo area sales jumped 5.3 percent.
Hong Kong will release March data for consumer prices, with the inflation rate expected to slip to 4.4 percent from 4.6 percent in February.
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