Taiwan GDP Due On Wednesday

on 22 February 2012.

Taiwan is on Wednesday scheduled to release final Q4 numbers for gross domestic product, highlighting a modest day for Asia-Pacific economic activity. GDP is expected to remain unchanged from last month's preliminary reading for a 1.9 percent increase on year.

Taiwan also will provide January's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate with analysts expecting the rate to come in at 4.2 percent, down marginally from 4.22 percent in December.

Malaysia will announce the inflation rate for January, with forecasts suggesting the rate will come in at 2.7 percent - down from 3.0 percent in December.

Australia will release Q4 figures for wage prices, January numbers for job vacancies and December data for the Westpac leading index. The wage price index is expected to rise 0.8 percent on quarter following the 0.7 percent increase in Q3. Vacancies were down 1.1 percent on month in December, while the leading index fell 0.2 percent on month in November. (Provided by RTTNews)