Gross Domestic Product Industrial Unemployment Forecast Forecast Production Rate Country Australia Latest Qtr Qtr* 2007e 2008e...

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Gross Domestic Product Industrial Unemployment Forecast Forecast Production Rate Country Australia Latest Qtr Qtr* 2007e 2008e Recent Qtr Latest 4.3% 3.8% 4.1% 3.5% 4.6% 4.2% Japan United States 1.6% -1.2% 2.0% 1.9% 4.3% 3.8% 1.9% 3.8% 2.0% 2.2% 1.9% 4.7% Consumer Prices Interest Rates Forecast 3-month 1-yr Govt Bond Country Year Ago Latest 2007e Latest Latest Australia 4.0% 2.1% 2.4% 6.90% 6.23% Japan 0.9% -0.2% 0.0% 0.73% 1.65% United States 2.1% 2.8% 2.8% 4.72% 4.54% Trade Balance Current Account Current Units (per US$) Last 12 mos Last 12 mos Forecast 07 Country (billion $) (billion $) (% of GDP) Oct 17th Year Ago Australia -13.0 -$47.0 -5.7% 1.12 1.33 Japan United States 98.1 -810.7 $197.5 4.6% 117 119 -$793.2 -5.6% 1.00 1.00 opstions: 113.81 112.77 117 102.02 Gross Domestic Product Industrial Unemployment Forecast Forecast Production Rate Country Australia Latest Qtr Qtr* 2007e 2008e Recent Qtr Latest 4.3% 3.8% 4.1% 3.5% 4.6% 4.2% Japan United States 1.6% -1.2% 2.0% 1.9% 4.3% 3.8% 1.9% 3.8% 2.0% 2.2% 1.9% 4.7% Consumer Prices Interest Rates Forecast 3-month 1-yr Govt Bond Country Year Ago Latest 2007e Latest Latest Australia 4.0% 2.1% 2.4% 6.90% 6.23% Japan 0.9% -0.2% 0.0% 0.73% 1.65% United States 2.1% 2.8% 2.8% 4.72% 4.54% Trade Balance Current Account Current Units (per US$) Last 12 mos Last 12 mos Forecast 07 Country (billion $) (billion $) (% of GDP) Oct 17th Year Ago Australia -13.0 -$47.0 -5.7% 1.12 1.33 Japan United States 98.1 -810.7 $197.5 4.6% 117 119 -$793.2 -5.6% 1.00 1.00 opstions: 113.81 112.77 117 102.02