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Date Time Country Event F'Cast Prev
Sun. Aug 29 6:45pm N.Z. Trade Balance -28M 276M
Sun. Aug 29 9:30pm Aust. Company Operating Profits q/q 5.9% 3.9%
Sun. Aug 29 Tentative Aust. HIA New Home Sales m/m -5.1%
Sun. Aug 29 11:00pm N.Z. NBNZ Business Confidence 27.9
Mon. Aug 30 6:45pm N.Z. Building Consents m/m 3.5%
Mon. Aug 30 7:00pm Aust. RBA Assist Gov Debelle Speaks
Mon. Aug 30 9:30pm Aust. Building Approvals m/m -0.6% -3.3%
Mon. Aug 30 9:30pm Aust. Retail Sales m/m 0.4% 0.2%
Mon. Aug 30 9:30pm Aust. Current Account -6.3B -16.6B
Mon. Aug 30 9:30pm Aust. Private Sector Credit m/m 0.3% 0.2%
Tue. Aug 31 7:30pm Aust. AIG Manufacturing Index 54.4
Tue. Aug 31 9:30pm Aust. GDP q/q 0.9% 0.5%
Tue. Aug 31 11:00pm N.Z. ANZ Commodity Prices m/m -0.8%
Wed. Sep 1 2:30am Aust. Commodity Prices y/y 51.0%
Wed. Sep 1 9:30pm Aust. Trade Balance 3.11B 3.54B
Thu. Sep 2 7:30pm Aust. AIG Services Index 46.6
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Labour Force: Employment increased 23,500 persons to 11,235,700 in July 2010 (seasonally adjusted) (released 12 August 2010)

Labour Force: Aggregate monthly hours worked decreased 7.2 million hours to 1,578.5 million hours in July 2010 (seasonally adjusted) (released 12 August 2010)

Labour Force: Unemployment increased 24,600 persons to 631,800 in July 2010 (seasonally adjusted) (released 12 August 2010)

Labour Force: Unemployment rate increased 0.2 pts to 5.3% in July 2010 (seasonally adjusted) (released 12 August 2010)

Labour Force: Participation rate increased 0.2 pts to 65.5% in July 2010 (seasonally adjusted) (released 12 August 2010)

CPI rises 0.6% in the June quarter 2010; rises 3.1% through the year.

Population: Australia reached 22,155,400 persons at 31 December 2009 (released 24 June 2010)

Population: Australian population growth rate for 2009 was 2.0% (released 24 June 2010)

Population: Australia increased by 432,600 persons during 2009 (released 24 June 2010)

Economy grows by 0.5% in the March quarter 2010 (seasonally adjusted) and by 2.7% through the year (released 02 June 2010)

CPI Key Figures
JUNE KEY FIGURES Mar Q 10-Jun Q 10 Jun Q 09-Jun Q 10
Weighted avg. of eight capital cities % change % change
Food -0.3 1.4
Alcohol and tobacco 5.9 8.7
Clothing and footwear 0.0 -3.8
Housing 0.6 5.8
Household contents and services 0.9 0.2
Health 2.2 5.0
Transportation 0.7 3.2
Communication -0.1 -0.2
Recreation -1.8 -0.6
Education 0.0 5.7
Financial and insurance services 0.2 3.9
All groups 0.6 3.1
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