Australia All Ordinaries

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COLOR="#FF9900" FACE="Courier New" ><B>yellow,</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC00" FACE="Courier New" ><B> </B></FONT><B>MACD (moving average convergence divergence) in </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Courier New" ><B>green.</B></FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="autralia_weekly"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 481 WIDTH="593"> <IMG SRC="../../images/de/world/aord.gif" border=0 ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="16"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="481" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="16" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 60 WIDTH="593"><div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New" ><B>Australia All Ordinaries</B><B> Index </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New" ><B>monthly chart,</B></FONT><B> the </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Courier New" ><B>red </B></FONT><B>line is a 24 month exaverage, the </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC00" FACE="Courier New" ><B>yellow</B></FONT><B> line is a 6 month exaverage</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div>  <A NAME="australia_monthly"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 481 WIDTH="593"> <IMG SRC="../../images/de/worldm/aordm.gif" border=0 ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="16"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="481" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="16" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 31 WIDTH="593"><div> <B><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a801180099ff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Australia Notes & Links:</U></B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div>  <A NAME="notes___links"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 3134 WIDTH="593"><bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.asx.com.au/asx/homepage/index.jsp" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.asx.com.au/asx/homepage/index"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ff330000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Australian Stock Exchange</B></U></A><A HREF="http://www.asx.com.au/asx/homepage/index.jsp" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.asx.com.au/asx/homepage/index"><U><B> </B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.sfe.com.au/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.sfe.com.au/"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ff330000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Sydney Futures Exchange</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>___________________________________________</U></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">8/5/08 Australia kept rates unchanged at 7.25%, as expected.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">7/23/08 Australia's consumer prices rose 4.5%</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">7/2/08 Australia’s retail sales rose 0.7% in May.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">7/1/08 Australias manufacturing fell from 51.2 to 47.0 in June.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Australia kept the interest rate unchanged at 7.25%.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">4/23/08 Australia's consumer price index rose 4.2%.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">4/4/08 Australia's retail sales fell 0.1% in February. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">2/14/08 Australia’s unemployment rate improved from 4.3% to 4.1% in January</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">2/13/08 Consumer confidence in Australia fell 103.1 to 97.4</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">2/5/08 Australia's central bank raised its interest rate by a quarter point to an 11-year high of 7%.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">2/4/08 Australian home price rose 12% in 2007,</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">1/17/08 Australia's unemployment rate improved from 4.5% to 4.3% in December.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">12/13/07 Australia’s unemployment rate rose to 4.5% vs. 4.3% expected</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">12/12/07 Australia December Consumer Confidence rose 1.8% vs. a drop of 4.2% in November.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">12/11/07 Australia Home Loans for October fell 0.7%</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">12/6/07 YoY GDP in Australia rose 4.3%.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">12/5/07 Australia left rates unchanged at 6.75% as expected</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">QoQ Australia GDP rose 1.0%, YoY GDP rose 4.3% vs. 4.8% expected.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Australia’s Nov. Services Index rose to 56.4 from 53.2.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">12/3/07 Australia's Oct. Trade Balance out at -2983M vs. -1800M expected.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">10/24/07 Australia’s consumer prices rose 0.9% QoQ and up 2.9% YoY.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">10/11/07 Australia's unemployment rate fell from 4.3% to 4.2%.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">10/3/07 Australia's retail sales rose 0.7% in August.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">9/6/07 Australia's unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.3% in August.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">8/9/07 Australia's unemployment rate remained at 4.3%.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">5/10/07 Australia's unemployment rate fell from 4.5% to 4.4% in April.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">5/8/07 Australian Retail sales were up 1.1% MoM.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">4/24/07 YoY consumer prices in Australia were up 2.4% in the first quarter, down from a 3.3% gain in the previous quarter.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">4/3/07 Australia's retail sales were up 0.9% in February, better than expected.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">3/14/07 Consumer confidence in Australia increased to 115.5 in March, the highest score in over a year.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">2/12/06 Australia reduced its inflation estimate for 2007 from 3.0% to 2.75%.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">2/7/07 Australia’s consumer prices were down 0.1%.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">11/30/06 Retail sales in Australia were up 0.8% in October.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">11/2/06 Retail sales in Australia were up 0.1% in September.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">10/26/06 Consumer prices in Australia were up 3.9% YoY</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">10/4/06 The Australian central bank left its key interest rate unchanged.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">10/3/06 Retail sales in Australia were up 0.3% in August, better than expected.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">9/7/06 The unemployment rate in Australia increased from 4.8% to 4.9%</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">9/6/06 Australia's GDP was up 0.3% in the second quarter and up 1.9% YoY.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">8/4/06 Australia's Reserve Bank expects real GDP to increase 3.5% this year with inflation around 3.0%.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">8/2/06 The Reserve Bank of Australia has lifted interest rates to 6%. This is the second increase this year.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">7/3/06 Retail sales in Australia were down 0.3% in May.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">6/7/06 Australia's GDP rose 09% in the first quarter of 2006 and up 3.1% YoY.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">5/8/06 Retail sales in Australia rose 0.3% in March.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">5/3/06 Australia increased its benchmark interest rate by a quarter-percent to 5.75%, the highest in over five years.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">4/26/06 Australia's consumer price index was up 3% in the first quarter.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">04/06/06 Australia's unemployment rate improved from 5.2% to 5.0% in March, the lowest in 29 years.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">3/31/06 Australian Retail sales were up 0.7% in February, more than expected.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">3/1/06 Australia's GDP was up 0.5% in the fourth quarter, weaker than expected. For 2005 the GDP was up 2.5%, the slowest in four years.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">1/26/06 YoY Consumer prices in Australia were up 2.8%1/12/06 The unemployment rate in Australia was unchanged in December at 5.1%</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">1/9/06 Retail sales in Australia were down 0.1% in November, weaker than expected.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">1/3/06 An index of manufacturing in Australia increased from 44.2 to 53.1 in December.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">12/8/05 The unemployment rate in Australia dropped from 5.2% to 5.1% in November</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">12/7/05 Australia's GDP grew 0.2 percent in the third quarter, the slowest pace in a year.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">11/30/05 Retail sales in Australia rebounded from a 0.3% drop in September to gain 0.5% in October.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">11/10/05 Australia's unemployment rate increased from 5.1% to 5.2% in October, the highest in seven months.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">11/3/05 Retail sales in Australia were down 0.3% in August, weaker than expected. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">10/26/05 YoY Consumer prices in Australia were up 3.0% in the third quarter. The core rate was up 2.0% YoY</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">10/13/05 The unemployment rate in Australia increased from 5.0 to 5.1%</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">08/30/05 Retail sales in Australia were down 1.0% in July. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">06/09/05 Australia's unemployment rate remained at 5.1% in May, the lowest in 28 years.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">06/07/05 Australia is the world's second-largest exporter of wheat, but it has already been suggested that the country might have to import wheat from its international competitors to meet demand this year. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">06/01/05 Australia's GDP increased .7% in the first quarter of 2005, less than expected. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">05/18/05 Retail sales in Australia were up 1.2% in the first quarter, stronger than expected. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">05/12/05 Australia's unemployment rate stayed at 5.1% in April</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">05/04/05 Australia's Reserve Bank kept its official interest rate unchanged at 5.50%.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">05/02/05 An index of manufacturing in Australia increased from 52.6 to 52.9 in April, the lowest April reading in three years. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">04/27/05 Consumer prices in Australia were up 2.4% in the first quarter from a year ago, less of a gain than was expected</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">03/10/05 Australia's unemployment rate in February remained at 5.1%, the lowest in 28 years. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">03/03/05 Retail sales in Australia were up 0.6% in January, the first gain in four months. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">03/02/05 Australia's GDP was up 0.1% in the fourth quarter of 2004 and up 1.5%  YoY.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">02/10/05 The unemployment rate in Australia remained at 5.1% in January, the lowest since 1976. 44,500 new jobs were added, much more than expected. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">02/04/05 Retail sales in Australia were down 0.3% in December, weaker than expected</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">02/02/05 The Reserve Bank of Australia met and kept its interest rate unchanged for the 14th straight month at 5.25%.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">01/13/05 The unemployment rate in Australia dropped from 5.2% to 5.1% in December, the lowest in 28 years - 29,000 new jobs were added.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">01/11/05 Exports were down 0.4% in November,  imports were up 2%. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">01/07/05 Retail sales in Australia were up 0.1% in November, less than expected. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">01/06/05 An index of services in Australia jumped from 59.5 to 65.4 in December, the highest in two years. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">01/04/05 An index of manufacturing in Australia increased from 53.1 to 60.8 in December, the highest in over two years. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">12/14/04 An index of business confidence in Australia dropped from 16.9 to 6.5 in November.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">12/09/04 The unemployment rate in Australia dropped from 5.3% to 5.2% in November, the lowest since 1977.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">12/01/04 Australia's GDP was up 0.3% in the third quarter, less than expected. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">11/30/04 Retail sales in Australia were down .7% in October, weaker than expected. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">11/11/04 The unemployment rate in Australia dropped from 5.5% to 5.3% in October, the lowest in over 26 years.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">11/10/04 An index of consumer confidence in Australia increased 2.3 to 121.8 in October, the highest in over ten years. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">11/09/04 Australian Treasurer Peter Costello vowed on Tuesday no let-up in economic reforms after a glowing report from the IMF on Australia's economy predicted 3.75% growth in 2004. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">11/09/04 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced that Australia's strong economic performance in the past six years is expected to continue next year.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">10/07/04 The unemployment rate in Australia dropped from 5.7% to 5.6% in September after the economy added 63,500 jobs, the biggest job creation in two years.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">09/30/04 Retail sales in Australia were up .2% in August. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">09/09/04 The unemployment rate in Australia stayed at 5.7% in August</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">09/08/04 Australias index of consumer confidence increased  to 121.4 from 119.4 in September, the second highest increase in thirty years. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">09/01/04 Australia's GDP was up .6% in the second quarter and up 4.1% year over year.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">06/10/04 Australia's unemployment rate dropped from 5.6% to 5.5% in May, the lowest in 23 years. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">04/29/04 Since the U.S. will not agree to free trade in sugar, Australia has decided to give its sugar producers A$444 million in aid.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">02/09/04 The U.S. and Australia formed a free trade agreement for mostly manufactured goods. 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