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Australia All Ordinaries Index (weekly), 20 week exponential average in green, 5 week exponential average in red, 52 week ROC (rate of change) in yellow, MACD (moving average convergence divergence) in green.

Australia All Ordinaries Index monthly chart, the red line is a 24 month exaverage, the yellow line is a 6 month exaverage

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Australian Stock Exchange Sydney Futures Exchange ___________________________________________ 11/18/09 Australia’s leading indicators rose 0.9% in September 11/6/09 The Reserve Bank of Australia estimates GDP will be up 1.75% in 2009 and up 3.25% in 2010. 11/4/09 Australia's retail sales fell 0.2% in September. 11/3/09 Australia increased its interest rate from 3.25% to 3.50%, as expected 10/28/09 Australia's consumer prices rose 1.3% in Q3 10/21/09 Australia’s leading indicators rose 1.1% in August. 10/7/09 Australias jobless rate fell to 5.7% from 5.8% 9/30/09 Australia's retail sales rose 0.9% in August, 9/10/09 Australia's unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.8% in August 9/3/09 Services index in Australia rose from 44.1 to 48.0 in August 9/2/09 Australia's GDP rose 0.6% 8/11/09 Australia’s July Business Confidence rose to 10 from 4 in June 8/7/09 Australia’s Julys Construction Index out at 39.5 (42.6 expected 7/22/09 Australia’s Q2 Consumer Prices rose 0.5% QoQ. 7/20/09 Australia’s Q2 Producer Price Index fell -0.8% QoQ 7/17/09 Australia Q2 Import Price Index fell -6.4% QoQ 7/14/09 Business confidence in Australia rose from -2 to +4 in June 7/9/09 Australia's unemployment rate rose to a six-year high of 5.8 % in June. 7/8/09 Australia’s Consumer Confidence rose 9.3%. Australia’s May Home Loans rose 2.2%. 7/7/09 Australia kept interest rates unchanged at 3.0% 7/2/09 “More evidence of a developing El Niño event has emerged during the past fortnight, and computer forecasts show there’s very little chance of the development stalling or reversing,” Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology said in a report. 7/1/09 Australia’s May Retail Sales rose 1.0% MoM 6/11/09 Australia's unemployment rose to 5.7% percent from a revised 5.5 % – better than expected. 6/9/09 Australia's consumer sentiment index rose 12.7% to 100.1 6/3/09 Australia's GDP rose 0.4%. 6/2/09 Australia kept its interest rate unchanged at 3.0%, 6/1/09 Australia's retail sales rose 0.3% in April 5/12/09 Australia’s unemployment rate improved from 5.7% to 5.4% 5/6/09 Australia's retail sales rose 2.2% in March 5/5/09 Australia kept its interest rate unchanged at 3.0%. 4/22/09 Australia's consumer prices rose 2.5% 4/20/09 Australia's producer prices fell 0.4%. 4/8/09 Australia’s consumer sentiment rose 8.3% in April. Australia’s jobless rate rose in March to 5.7% from 5.2%. Australia reduced its interest rate from 3.25% to 3.00% 4/1/2009 Australia Feb. Building Approvals rose 7.8% MoM Australia's retail sales fell 2% in February 3/30/09 Australia's new home sales rose 3.9% in February 3/12/2009 Australia's unemployment rate rose from 4.8% to 5.2% 3/11/2009 Consumer sentiment in Australia fell from 85.8 to 85.6 in March 3/4/2009 Australia’s GDP fell 0.5% 3/3/2009 Australia kept rates unchanged at 3.25% 2/10/09 Australia’s business confidence fell from -20 to -32 2/4/2009 Australia’s retail sales rose 3.8% in December. 2/3/09 Australia reduced its interest rate from 4.25% to 3.25%, 1/23/09 Australia 4Q Import Price rose 10.8% from 5%; Export Price rose 15.9% from 13.8%. 1/15/09 Australia's unemployment rate rose from 4.4% to 4.5% MoM 1/8/09 Australia's building approvals fell 12.8% in November. 1/7/09 Australia's retail sales rose 0.1% in November 12/11/2008 Australia's unemployment rate increased from 4.3% to 4.4% 12/4/2008 Australia reduced its interest rate from 6.5% to 5.0 12/3/2008 Australia’s GDP rose 0.1% QoQ and 1.9% YoY 11/25/08 Australia's construction activity rose 4.4% in September 11/17/08 Australia's retail sales fell 0.1% in the third quarter 11/6/08 Australia's unemployment rate was unchanged in October at 4.3%,. 11/4/08 Australia reduced its estimated wheat crop from 22.5 to 19.9 million tons. 11/3/2008 Australia's retail sales fell 1.1% in October. Australia cuts key interest rate by 0.75 % 10/22/08 Australia's consumer prices rose 5.0%. 10/14/08 Australia will spend A$10.4 billion to help stimulate the economy. 10/7/2008 Australia reduced its interest rate from 7.0% to 6.0% -- more than expected. 10/1/2008 Manufacturing in Australia improved from 47.0 to 47.2 9/9/2008 Business confidence in Australia rose from -9 to -7 in August. 8/7/08 Australia’s unemployment rate remained at 4.3%. 8/5/08 Australia kept rates unchanged at 7.25%, as expected. 7/23/08 Australia's consumer prices rose 4.5% 7/2/08 Australia’s retail sales rose 0.7% in May. 7/1/08 Australias manufacturing fell from 51.2 to 47.0 in June. Australia kept the interest rate unchanged at 7.25%. 4/23/08 Australia's consumer price index rose 4.2%. 4/4/08 Australia's retail sales fell 0.1% in February. 2/14/08 Australia’s unemployment rate improved from 4.3% to 4.1% in January 2/13/08 Consumer confidence in Australia fell 103.1 to 97.4 2/5/08 Australia's central bank raised its interest rate by a quarter point to an 11-year high of 7%. 2/4/08 Australian home price rose 12% in 2007, 1/17/08 Australia's unemployment rate improved from 4.5% to 4.3% in December. 12/13/07 Australia’s unemployment rate rose to 4.5% vs. 4.3% expected 12/12/07 Australia December Consumer Confidence rose 1.8% vs. a drop of 4.2% in November. 12/11/07 Australia Home Loans for October fell 0.7% 12/6/07 YoY GDP in Australia rose 4.3%. 12/5/07 Australia left rates unchanged at 6.75% as expected QoQ Australia GDP rose 1.0%, YoY GDP rose 4.3% vs. 4.8% expected. Australia’s Nov. Services Index rose to 56.4 from 53.2. 12/3/07 Australia's Oct. Trade Balance out at -2983M vs. -1800M expected. 10/24/07 Australia’s consumer prices rose 0.9% QoQ and up 2.9% YoY. 10/11/07 Australia's unemployment rate fell from 4.3% to 4.2%. 10/3/07 Australia's retail sales rose 0.7% in August. 9/6/07 Australia's unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.3% in August. 8/9/07 Australia's unemployment rate remained at 4.3%. 5/10/07 Australia's unemployment rate fell from 4.5% to 4.4% in April. 5/8/07 Australian Retail sales were up 1.1% MoM. 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. 4/3/07 Australia's retail sales were up 0.9% in February, better than expected. 3/14/07 Consumer confidence in Australia increased to 115.5 in March, the highest score in over a year. 2/12/06 Australia reduced its inflation estimate for 2007 from 3.0% to 2.75%. 2/7/07 Australia’s consumer prices were down 0.1%. 11/30/06 Retail sales in Australia were up 0.8% in October. 11/2/06 Retail sales in Australia were up 0.1% in September. 10/26/06 Consumer prices in Australia were up 3.9% YoY 10/4/06 The Australian central bank left its key interest rate unchanged. 10/3/06 Retail sales in Australia were up 0.3% in August, better than expected. 9/7/06 The unemployment rate in Australia increased from 4.8% to 4.9% 9/6/06 Australia's GDP was up 0.3% in the second quarter and up 1.9% YoY. 8/4/06 Australia's Reserve Bank expects real GDP to increase 3.5% this year with inflation around 3.0%. 8/2/06 The Reserve Bank of Australia has lifted interest rates to 6%. This is the second increase this year. 7/3/06 Retail sales in Australia were down 0.3% in May. 6/7/06 Australia's GDP rose 09% in the first quarter of 2006 and up 3.1% YoY. 5/8/06 Retail sales in Australia rose 0.3% in March. 5/3/06 Australia increased its benchmark interest rate by a quarter-percent to 5.75%, the highest in over five years. 4/26/06 Australia's consumer price index was up 3% in the first quarter. 04/06/06 Australia's unemployment rate improved from 5.2% to 5.0% in March, the lowest in 29 years. 3/31/06 Australian Retail sales were up 0.7% in February, more than expected. 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. 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% 1/9/06 Retail sales in Australia were down 0.1% in November, weaker than expected. 1/3/06 An index of manufacturing in Australia increased from 44.2 to 53.1 in December. 12/8/05 The unemployment rate in Australia dropped from 5.2% to 5.1% in November 12/7/05 Australia's GDP grew 0.2 percent in the third quarter, the slowest pace in a year. 11/30/05 Retail sales in Australia rebounded from a 0.3% drop in September to gain 0.5% in October. 11/10/05 Australia's unemployment rate increased from 5.1% to 5.2% in October, the highest in seven months. 11/3/05 Retail sales in Australia were down 0.3% in August, weaker than expected. 10/26/05 YoY Consumer prices in Australia were up 3.0% in the third quarter. The core rate was up 2.0% YoY 10/13/05 The unemployment rate in Australia increased from 5.0 to 5.1% 08/30/05 Retail sales in Australia were down 1.0% in July. 06/09/05 Australia's unemployment rate remained at 5.1% in May, the lowest in 28 years. 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. 06/01/05 Australia's GDP increased .7% in the first quarter of 2005, less than expected. 05/18/05 Retail sales in Australia were up 1.2% in the first quarter, stronger than expected. 05/12/05 Australia's unemployment rate stayed at 5.1% in April 05/04/05 Australia's Reserve Bank kept its official interest rate unchanged at 5.50%. 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. 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 03/10/05 Australia's unemployment rate in February remained at 5.1%, the lowest in 28 years. 03/03/05 Retail sales in Australia were up 0.6% in January, the first gain in four months. 03/02/05 Australia's GDP was up 0.1% in the fourth quarter of 2004 and up 1.5% YoY. 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. 02/04/05 Retail sales in Australia were down 0.3% in December, weaker than expected 02/02/05 The Reserve Bank of Australia met and kept its interest rate unchanged for the 14th straight month at 5.25%. 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. 01/11/05 Exports were down 0.4% in November, imports were up 2%. 01/07/05 Retail sales in Australia were up 0.1% in November, less than expected. 01/06/05 An index of services in Australia jumped from 59.5 to 65.4 in December, the highest in two years. 01/04/05 An index of manufacturing in Australia increased from 53.1 to 60.8 in December, the highest in over two years. 12/14/04 An index of business confidence in Australia dropped from 16.9 to 6.5 in November. 12/09/04 The unemployment rate in Australia dropped from 5.3% to 5.2% in November, the lowest since 1977. 12/01/04 Australia's GDP was up 0.3% in the third quarter, less than expected. 11/30/04 Retail sales in Australia were down .7% in October, weaker than expected. 11/11/04 The unemployment rate in Australia dropped from 5.5% to 5.3% in October, the lowest in over 26 years. 11/10/04 An index of consumer confidence in Australia increased 2.3 to 121.8 in October, the highest in over ten years. 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. 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. 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. 09/30/04 Retail sales in Australia were up .2% in August. 09/09/04 The unemployment rate in Australia stayed at 5.7% in August 09/08/04 Australias index of consumer confidence increased to 121.4 from 119.4 in September, the second highest increase in thirty years. 09/01/04 Australia's GDP was up .6% in the second quarter and up 4.1% year over year. 06/10/04 Australia's unemployment rate dropped from 5.6% to 5.5% in May, the lowest in 23 years. 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. 02/09/04 The U.S. and Australia formed a free trade agreement for mostly manufactured goods. Sugar and beef were left out of the agreement. 01/22/04 Australian long-term unemployment in December dropped to its lowest level in more than 13 years, the government said Friday.