Indonesia's central bank will conclude its monetary policy meeting on Wednesday and then announce its interest rate decision. It is expected to raise its benchmark lending rate, deposit facility rate and lending facility rate by 25 basis points each, to 6.00%, 5.00% and 6.75% respectively. Japan will also release September data on imports, exports and trade balance: imports are expected to rise 19.6% year on year, down from 28.0% in August, while exports are seen up 20.1% from 19.3% the previous month. The trade deficit is pegged at 181.0, after a 1,111.9 shortfall a month earlier.
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