The China statistics bureau reports official housing price data on August 18.

The statistics bureau will announce inflation and trade data on April 1.

The statistics bureau is expected to release August inflation data on Monday.

The statistics bureau said pork prices more than doubled year-on-year in November.

That is a trend also shown by data from the statistics bureau.

The statistics bureau said this was due partly to a drop in government hiring.

Still, the country's statistics bureau said that growth showed signs of slowing in September.

China will maintain flexibility in economic policy, statistics bureau spokeswoman Liu Aihua told reporters.

China's statistics bureau will release third-quarter GDP on Thursday, along with September industrial output.

The country's statistics bureau is due to announce second-quarter GDP growth on Aug. 7.

Indonesia's annual consumer inflation in January slowed more than expected, data from the statistics bureau showed.

In China, inflation quickened in March to the fastest pace since 2008, the statistics bureau said today.

The statistics bureau took an optimistic tone.

Reuters uses the average of the January-February total provided by the statistics bureau as a point of reference.

All that said, national statistics bureau ISTAT continues to warn that the second quarter may see the economy shrink.

Auto sales have slumped all year, prompting the statistics bureau to recently start reporting a new reading on consumption.