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Country profile

AUSTRALIA (AST)

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Continent	Oceania
Coordinates	27 00 S, 133 00 E
Government	Democratic, federal-state system recognizing the British monarch as sovereign
Capital	Canberra
Location	Oceania, continent between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean
Climate	Generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east; tropical in north
Total area	7 687 ths sq.km.
Population	20 264 ths p.
Median age	36.9 yrs.
Life expectancy	80.5 yrs.
Languages	English 79.1%, Chinese 2.1%, Italian 1.9%, other 11.1%, unspecified 5.8% (2001 Census)

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Statistic parameter		Data period	Value	Rate of change (year/year)	Last period rate of change	Index from 01/2000
Economy development
Gross domestic product (GDP)
current prices	bil USD	Q1-08	263.0	+7.3%	+1.5%	169.2%
constant prices	bil USD	Q1-08	241.9	+3.6%	+0.6%	127.8%
Production of total industry (IP)	ind 2000
Retail trade	ind 2000
Standardised unemployment rate	percent	May-08	4.3%	+0.0%	+0.0%	67.4%
Price indexes
Consumer prices (all items, CPI)	ind 2000
food	ind 2000
energy	ind 2000
other items	ind 2000
Consumer prices - Services less housing	ind 2000
Consumer prices - Housing	ind 2000
Harmonised CPI	ind 2000
Producer prices (total, PPI)	ind 2000
manufacturing products	ind 2000
Share Prices	ind 2000	Jun-08	163.5%	-16.5%	-7.4%	163.5%
Interantional trade
Exports in goods	bil USD	Jun-08	16.5	+43.2%	+6.0%	310.9%
Imports in goods	bil USD	Jun-08	17.2	+31.5%	-0.9%	304.8%
Net trade in goods	bil USD	Jun-08	-0.7
Current Account	bil USD	Q1-08	-17.6
Financial markets - monetary markets
Narrow money	ind 2000	Jun-08	170.7%	+1.7%	-0.1%	170.7%
Broad Money	ind 2000	Jun-08	201.6%	+15.8%	+0.6%	201.6%
Reserve assets	bil SDR	Jun-08	19.8	-54.7%	+1.1%	159.1%
Financial markets - currency - Dollar (Australia)
Currency exchange rates	per USD	Jul-08	1.06	+8.5%	-1.3%	163.1%
Interest rates
immediate	percent	Jun-08	7.3%
short-term	percent	Jun-08	7.8%
long-term	percent	Jul-08	6.4%

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