FX.co ★ Japan Inflation Data Due On Friday

On Friday, Japan is set to publish its consumer price data for February, making it a relatively quiet day for economic activity in the Asia-Pacific region. In January, the overall inflation neither increased nor decreased from the previous month but rose by 2.2 percent from the previous year. Simultaneously, the core Consumer Price Index (CPI) saw a yearly increase of 2.0 percent.

In other news, New Zealand is preparing to reveal import, export, and trade balance figures for February. Statistics from January indicated that imports were valued at around NZ$5.91 billion and exports at NZ$4.93 billion, resulting in a trade deficit of approximately NZ$976 million.

Meanwhile, Taiwan is anticipating the release of its unemployment data for February. As of January, the unemployment rate in the country stood at 3.39 percent.