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Core machine orders in Japan, seasonally adjusted, were flat with a slight downside bias in July, the Cabinet Office said on Thursday - falling for the second straight month.

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The Bank of Korea will on Thursday conclude its monetary policy meeting and then announce its decision on interest rates, highlighting a busy day in Asia-Pacific economic activity.

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Australia's unemployment rate came in at a seasonally adjusted 5.8 percent in August, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday - in line with forecasts and up from 5.7 percent in July. But the Australian economy lost 10,800 jobs in August - missing by a mile forecasts that had suggested an increase of 10,000 jobs.That follows the loss of 10,200 jobs in the previous month. Full-time employment decreased 2,600 to 8,128,800 and part-time employment decreased 8,200 to 3,508,300.

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The unemployment rate in Australia came in at a seasonally adjusted 5.8 percent in August, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday.

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India's industrial production logged a surprise increase in July as output grew in factories and the electricity sector, preliminary data released by the Central Statistics Office showed on Thursday.

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First-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits unexpectedly decreased in the week ended September 7th, according to a report released by the Labor Department on Thursday, with claims falling to their lowest level in over seven years.

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With higher fuel prices offset by declining non-fuel prices, the Labor Department released a report on Thursday showing that U.S. import prices unexpectedly came in flat in August. The report said import prices were unchanged in August after ticking up by 0.1 percent in July. Economists had been expecting import prices to rise by about 0.5 percent.

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While the Labor Department released a report on Thursday showing that first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits unexpectedly dropped to a seven-year low in the week ended September 7th, the decrease was largely due to technical issues in two states. The Labor Department said initial jobless claims dropped to 292,000, a decrease of 31,000 from the previous week's unrevised figure of 323,000.

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Food prices in New Zealand fell 0.5 percent on month in August, Statistics New Zealand said on Friday.

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Food prices in New Zealand were down 0.5 percent on month in August, Statistics New Zealand said on Friday.

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