Japan: Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida is due to deliver a policy speech at an extraordinary parliamentary session and expected to announce an economic stimulus package.
Other events: Bond traders will be focused on the Reserve Bank of India as a $5bn currency swap matures. ICT Week 2023, which attracts business process and information technology outsourcing companies, opens in Tashkent. Azerbaijan hosts the first of three days of military exercises with Turkey.
Economic data: Singapore releases consumer price index figures for September. Taiwan publishes industrial production and jobless rates for the same month. Barclays analysts expect unemployment to rise to 3.5 per cent from 3.4 per cent in August.
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Corporate data: Shenzhen-based state-invested technology company ZTE and Kyoto-based machinery maker Nidec release third-quarter earnings. Two south-east Asian lenders, Bank Negara Indonesia and Bank of the Philippine Islands, also announce results.
Markets: Stock exchanges in Hong Kong and New Zealand are closed for public holidays.
