Australian home loan approvals rise
Home loan approvals for owner occupied housing rose 0.3% on the month in October in Australia, data from the Australia Bureau of Statistics show.
Lending to investors was up 1.0% over the same period.
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China consumer price inflation slows
Consumer price inflation in China slowed to its lowest in five years in November, with the index dropping to 1.4% on the year.
Producer prices, meanwhile, contracted 2.7% on the year, the most in a year and a half.
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