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Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Don't you love it when the ABS breaks the trend?

Today's trade figures:




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Peter reported economics for the ABC’s AM and PM programs for two decades before serving as economics editor of The Canberra Times, The Age and The Conversation. He hosts The Economy, Stupid on ABC Radio National.
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