2016.08.1118:00:00UTC+00China Data On Tap For Friday

China will on Friday release July numbers for industrial production, retail sales and fixed asset investment, highlighting a busy day in Asia-Pacific economic activity.

Industrial production is expected to rise 6.2 percent on year, steady from the previous month. Retail sales are pegged at 10.5 percent, down slightly from 10.6 percent. FAI is tipped to gain 8.9 percent, slowing from 9.0 percent in June.

Hong Kong will provide Q2 data for gross domestic product; in the first quarter, GDP contracted 0.4 percent on quarter and advanced 0.8 percent on year.

Malaysia will release Q2 figures for GDP and current account. In the previous three months, GDP was up 1.0 percent on quarter and 4.2 percent on year, while the current account surplus was 5.04 billion ringgit.

New Zealand will see July results for the Performance of Manufacturing Index from Business NZ, plus Q2 numbers for retail sales.

The manufacturing index had a score of 57.7 in June. Retail sales are expected to add 1.0 percent on quarter after gaining 0.8 percent in the three months prior.

Australia will provide June figures for credit card purchases and balances. In May, purchases were worth A$26.0 billion and balances were at A$51.9 billion.

Indonesia will release current account figures for the second quarter. In the previous three months, the current account deficit was $4.67 billion, while the capital account surplus was $1 billion and the financial account surplus was $4.17 billion.

Finally, the markets in Thailand are closed on Friday for the queen's birthday, and will reopen on Monday.