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IMF praises handling of financial crisisIMF praises handling of financial crisis THE International Monetary Fund has singled out Australia as one of the best managed economies, declaring that only ''Denmark, Korea, Norway, Australia and Sweden among advanced economies will require... In this article: Wayne Swan, Coalition, International Monetary Fund, Australia, Recession, and Korea |
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Stuff | 17 hours ago
Australia entering new growth phase: RBA
...rules likely Australia's economy had entered a new growth phase which would last years, underpinned by booming mining investment, rapid population growth and rising household incomes, a top Australian central banker said. In a...
In this article: Asia, Natural gas, Joost, Saab, Reserve Bank of Australia, IMF, MGM, and North Atlantic
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | November 03, 2009
Mixed leads points to flat start for stocks
...there's more to come. The International Monetary Fund has awarded Australia a gold star, naming it as one of just five Western countries needing "little or no" fiscal tightening to get public debt under control. Australia's two largest...
In this article: International Monetary Fund, S&P500, Europe, Lloyds, Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, Johnson & Johnson, Wall Street, UK, and India
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G20 has a brush with reform
...are rising rapidly in some of the East Asian economies. The South Korean central bank could follow Australia and Norway and increase interest rates to slow the rise in house prices. As half-hearted stimulus measures in the US during the...
In this article: International Monetary Fund, US, Recession, European Union, China, Financial crisis, Currency crisis, and University of NSW
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The Australian | November 10, 2009
Asian performance heralds investor prospects
...would have expected that, before the end of this year, the International Monetary Fund would conclude that "Asia [in which it includes Australia] is rebounding fast from the depth of the global crisis [and] is leading as the world pulls out...
In this article: Asia, China, Recession, International Monetary Fund, US, Sugar, Australian Stock Exchange, and Reserve Bank of Australia
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Compulsory saving touted to help close gap
...is crucial. "The International Monetary Fund argues that, compared with New Zealand, 75 percent of the reason for higher labour productivity in Australia is a higher level of capital intensity in the Australian economy. "Capital per...
In this article: New Zealand, Recession, Inflation, The Dominion Post, and International Monetary Fund
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Military ruler will simply thumb his nose at us
...so is the national deficit. It's only IMF loans that are keeping the country solvent. Bainimarama and his officials are banned from travelling to Australia. And that's what started the latest convulsion in relations. He wants to create the...
In this article: Fiji, Sitiveni Rabuka, Inflation, World Bank, IMF, New Zealand, US, and Washington
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Sydney Morning Herald - National | September 30, 2009
Australia joblessness to peak at 7%: IMF
...joblessness to peak at 7%: IMF The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised its forecasts for economic growth in Australia and predicted the unemployment rate will peak at 7.0 per cent next year. In its latest World Economic Outlook...
In this article: International Monetary Fund, Global recession, Inflation, Reserve Bank of Australia, and Istanbul
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Agencies pulled into ASIC net
...plunged in value. ''A whole lot of capital was misallocated not only in Australia but around the world as a result of the ratings which did not adequately assess the risks of the debt instruments,'' Mr Walker said. IMF is considering...
In this article: Moody's, Standard & Poor's, Australian Securities Commission, Fitch, and IMF
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Gawker | November 01, 2009
Scoring Sunday's Nuptials: When Your Wedding Makes The Off Weekend [Altarcations]
...from the World Bank: +2 • The groom graduated with "first-class honors" from the University of Adelaide in Australia: +only 1, because someone the other day told me that "Australia is the Alabama of the world". • The groom's parents do...
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Australia (pronounced: /əˈstreɪljə/ or IPA: /ɒˈstreɪljə|/ , or more formally as IPA: /ɔːˈstreɪliə|/ ), officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland (the world's smallest), the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timor, and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia to the north-east, and New Zealand to the southeast.
For some 40,000 years before European settlement commenced in the late 18th century, the Australian mainland and Tasmania were inhabited by around 250 individual nations of indigenous Australians. After sporadic visits by fishermen from the immediate north, and European discovery by Dutch explorers in 1606, the eastern half of Australia was claimed by the British in 1770 and initially settled through penal transportation to the colony of New South Wales, founded on 26 January 1788. The population grew steadily in the following years; the continent was explored, and during the 19th century another five largely self-governing Crown Colonies were established.
- Name:
- Australia
- Conventional Long Name:
- Commonwealth of Australia
- Local Name:
- Australia
- Capital:
- Canberra
- Language:
- None
- English (de facto)
- Largest City:
- Sydney
- Government type:
- Federal parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy, see Government of Australia
- Founding Date:
- December 11, 1931
- Formations:
- Statute of Westminster Adoption Act
- Area:
- 7617930
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $799.054 billion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 17th
- GDP (nominal):
- $1.013 trillion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 13th
- GPD (nominal) Rank:
- 15th
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $46,824
- Time Zone:
- various
- Currency:
- Australian dollar
- Demonym:
- Australian
- Drives On:
- left
- Currency (code):
- AUD
- Country Calling Code:
- 61
- ccTLD:
- .au
- Anthem:
- Advance Australia Fair
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