Economic indicators: Whitlam to Howard

Bryan · Saturday 11 August 2007 · 8:32 am

The Parliamentary Library has just updated a research paper by Tony Kryger that summarises the performance of the economy during each administration from Whitlam through to Howard. The key graphs follow.

Charts that compare the employment growth and the unemployment rate of the Whitlam, Fraser, Hawke, Keating and Howard governments

Charts that compare the inflation rate and the real non-farm compensation per employee rate of the Whitlam, Fraser, Hawke, Keating and Howard governments

Charts that compare the economic growth rate and the household saving ratio of the Whitlam, Fraser, Hawke, Keating and Howard governments

Charts that compare the commonwealth underlying cash balance rate and the real housing interest rate of the Whitlam, Fraser, Hawke, Keating and Howard governments

Charts that compare the net foreign debt as a percentage of GDP and the US exchange rate of the Whitlam, Fraser, Hawke, Keating and Howard governments

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