1.   He will be able to take some comfort from inflation figures due on Friday.

2.   Domestically, investors are looking to second-quarter gross domestic product figures due out in mid-month to gauge the strength of the Japanese economy.

3.   Economic figures due for release next week will show the opposite.

4.   Still, investors and analysts said wages figures due for release tomorrow may dim some of the inflation optimism.

5.   The first-half figures due on Tuesday come as Telekom begins marketing its shares to potential investors for its initial public offering.

6.   But analysts say the market is more interested in monthly unemployment figures due out Friday.

7.   But the dollar value of the figure remains well below December figures due to the sharp devaluation of the peso.

8.   Instead, they say, Wall Street will be waiting for manufacturing and employment figures due out Friday from the Institute of Supply Management and the Labor Department respectively.

9.   Stock traders said the market was stalled ahead of December jobs figures due out Friday.

10.   The dollar and bond markets initially strengthened on the figures due to the better-than-expected export result.