Garment workers sew maternity dresses at a factory of Additional Pelf Joys Trading Corp. at Taytay city, Rizal province, east of Manila in this May 1, 2013 file photo. The Philippines is expected to release inflation data this week. (Photo by Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)





Cherry packs are sold at A$ 5 ($4.45), at a fruit store in central Sydney in this August 5, 2013 file photo. Australia si expected to release retail sales data this week. (Photo by Daniel Munoz/Reuters)





A worker puts the final touch to a 33-metre tall mock Christmas tree decorated with hundreds of cakes in a Jakarta shopping mall in this November 28, 2008 file photo. Indonesia is expected to release inflation numbers this week. (Photo by Reuters/Supri)





People are reflected in mirrors at an entrance to a department store in Tokyo, Japan, in this November 11, 2015 file photo. Japan is expected to report restail sales adat this week. (Photo by Toru Hanai/Reuters)





A tourist sunbathes at Kuta beach on Indonesia's resort island of Bali in this June 5, 2008 file photo. Indonesia is expected to release tourist arrival numbers for October this week. (Photo by Murdani Usman/Reuters)





A mechanic's tools are seen on a table and on the wall in an auto workshop in Mumbai in this May 31, 2011 file photo. India is expected to release GDP figures this week. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





Workers sew clothes in a small industrial settlement in Jakarta in this December 11, 2012 file photo. Indonesia is expected to release PMI data this week. (Photo by Yusuf Ahmad/Reuters)





A man walks past an advertisement sign promoting a bank in Seoul in this September 3, 2009 file photo. South Korea is expected to release GDP dara this week. (Photo by Lee Jae-Won/Reuters)





A visitor walks past displays of Japan's television show hero characters at the International Tokyo Toy Show 2011 in Tokyo in this June 16, 2011 file photo. Japan is expected to release consumer confidence data this week. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Two people are silhouetted against the hulk of a car carrier ship docked in Melbourne in this July 21, 2010 file photo. Australia is expected to release trade data this week. (Photo by Mick Tsikas/Reuters)





Bucket-wheel reclaimers move iron ore at a loading terminal in the town of Port Hedland, located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia in this December 3, 2013 file photo. Australia is expected to release GDP data this week. (Photo by David Gray/Reuters)





An Indonesian worker sits beside palm oil fruits on a lorry at Felda Bukit Cerakah in the district of Klang, outside Kuala Lumpur in this April 16, 2014 file photo. (Photo by Samsul Said/Reuters)





An employee of a money changer passes a stack of Indonesia rupiah notes through small window to his colleague in Jakarta, in this October 8, 2015 file photo. Indonesia's foreign currency reserves have doubled in size in the eight years since the global financial crisis roiled its markets but an examination by Reuters of its reserve assets shows a thinner buffer than officially reported data on gross reserves suggests. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)





A factory is reflected in a traffic mirror at the Keihin industrial zone in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, November 30, 2015. Japan's industrial output rose for a second straight month in October and retail sales grew much faster than expected - a tentative sign of the economy's recovery from a recession. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





Labourers work at the construction site of a bridge being built for metro rail in New Delhi, India, November 30, 2015. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)





Workers pack tomatoes at a wholesale market in the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya, Turkey, November 30, 2015. (Photo by Kaan Soyturk/Reuters)