2018.10.1418:00:00UTC+00Japan Industrial Production Data Due On Monday

Japan will on Monday release final August numbers for industrial production, highlighting a light day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.

Little change is expected from the previous reading for a 0.6 percent monthly gain and a 0.7 percent yearly increase in output - while capacity utilization was down 0.6 percent on month.

New Zealand will see September results for the Performance of Services Index from BusinessNZ; in August, the index score was 53.2.

Malaysia will provide unemployment numbers for August; in July, the jobless rate was 3.4 percent and the participation rate was 68.6 percent.

Finally, the markets in Thailand are closed on Monday in observance of King Bhumibol Day; they will re-open on Tuesday.