The table below contains economic, financial, and business indicators from 2015: Forecasting the Pan-Pacific Pyramid: Australia,...

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The table below contains economic, financial, and business indicators from 2015: Forecasting the Pan-Pacific Pyramid: Australia, Japan, and the United States Gross Domestic Product Industrial Production Unemployment Rate Forecast Forecast Country Australia Latest Qtr Qtr 2015e 2016e Recent Qtr Latest 4.2% 3.6 % 4.3% 3.4 % 4.1% 4.3 % Japan 1.7 % -1.5% 2.7% 2.2% 4.1% 3.6% United States 2.6% 4.2 % 2.7% 2.2% 1.7 % 4.8% Consumer Prices Forecast Country Year Ago Latest 2015e Australia 4.8 % 2.9 % 2.5% Japan United States 0.7% -0.3% 0.0% 2.7% 2.5 % 2.8% Country Australia Japan United States Interest Rates 3-month 1-yr Govt Latest 6.81% Latest 6.27% 0.72 % 4.63% Current Units (per US$) Trade Balance Current Account Last 12 mos Last 12 mos Forecast 15 (billion $) -12.9 (billion $) (% of GDP) Oct 17th -46.9 -5.7 % 1.12 98.1 -810.9 197.8 4.6 % 115.00 -793.4 -5.7% 1.00 1.69 % 4.52 % Year Ago 1.39 121.00 1.00 Note: Unless otherwise noted, percentages are percentage changes over one year. Rec Qtr = recent quarter. Values for 2015e are estimates or forecasts. The table below contains economic, financial, and business indicators from 2015: Forecasting the Pan-Pacific Pyramid: Australia, Japan, and the United States Gross Domestic Product Industrial Production Unemployment Rate Forecast Forecast Country Australia Latest Qtr Qtr 2015e 2016e Recent Qtr Latest 4.2% 3.6 % 4.3% 3.4 % 4.1% 4.3 % Japan 1.7 % -1.5% 2.7% 2.2% 4.1% 3.6% United States 2.6% 4.2 % 2.7% 2.2% 1.7 % 4.8% Consumer Prices Forecast Country Year Ago Latest 2015e Australia 4.8 % 2.9 % 2.5% Japan United States 0.7% -0.3% 0.0% 2.7% 2.5 % 2.8% Country Australia Japan United States Interest Rates 3-month 1-yr Govt Latest 6.81% Latest 6.27% 0.72 % 4.63% Current Units (per US$) Trade Balance Current Account Last 12 mos Last 12 mos Forecast 15 (billion $) -12.9 (billion $) (% of GDP) Oct 17th -46.9 -5.7 % 1.12 98.1 -810.9 197.8 4.6 % 115.00 -793.4 -5.7% 1.00 1.69 % 4.52 % Year Ago 1.39 121.00 1.00 Note: Unless otherwise noted, percentages are percentage changes over one year. Rec Qtr = recent quarter. Values for 2015e are estimates or forecasts.