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YEAR 10 ASSESSMENT

Our economy

Inflation between 2009-2013 (fig 2)

 Australia's top imports

1. Iron and concentrates

2. Coal

3. Gold

4. Natural Gas

5. Crude Petroleum

 Australia's top expor ts

1. Crude petroleum

2. Passenger motor vehicles

3. Refined petroleum

4. Telecom equipment and parts

5. Medicaments

 Australia's top 5 export

destinations

1. China

2. Japan

3. Republic of Korea

4. India

5. United states

 Australia's top 5 import

sources

1. China

2. United states

3. Japan

4. Singapore

5. Thailand

 Australia's GDP between 2008-2012 (fig 1)

Data from the website http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/fs/aust.pdf

Data from the website http://www.tradingeconomics.com/australia/inflation-cpi

Date for the website http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/fs/aust.pdf

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Interest rate between 2009-2013

Interest rate changes 2009-2013 (fig 3) Exchange rate fluctuations for 2013 (fig 4)

Data from the website http://www.oanda.com/currency/historical-rates/ Data from the website http://australianpolitics.com/topics/rba/interest-rates-since-1990