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Contents
Australia’s medium-term challenges
Measuring recent trends in Australia’s economic remoteness
Why have Australia’s imports of goods increased so much?
The changing pattern of East Asia’s growth
Foreign investment issues in the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement
Australian net private wealth
Key themes from the Treasury Business Liaison Program — November 2004
Sources of economic data
Past editions of Economic Roundup