Australia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is set to rise 4.1% in January from 4% the month before, estimates from a Reuters’ poll shows.

South Korea’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate hit 2.9% in January, easing from its three-year high of 3.7% in the month before.

Asia-Pacific markets traded mostly lower on Thursday after a quiet day on Wall Street. Trump tarriffs worries continue to rule the market sentiment. Japan (NKY:IND) fell 1.48% to 38587, extending losses from the previous day as concerns over US President Donald Trump’s escalating tariff threats weighed on market sentiment.