aINTRODUCTION
Globalisation has had a huge consequence in international trading. USA, Japan, and Australia are three wealth countries that have good relationship each other in their economic experiences. These countries also are the member of OECD. To gain more understanding the economic performance of these countries, this report provides the economic information between USA, Japan and Australia.
PART A: COMPARATIVE SNAPSHOT
The table shows the comparative snapshots of demographic and economic for USA, Japan, and Australia.
Countries
Key Indicator USA JAPAN AUSTRALIA
Population (July 2007 est) 301,139,947 127,433,494 20,434,176
Population growth rate (2006) 0.91% 0.02% 1.3%
Population density (2007) 32.87 ppl/sq km 340.05 ppl/sq km 2.68 ppl/sq km
Annual inflation rate (2006 est) 2.5% 0.3% 3.8%
Unemployment rate (2006 est) 4.8% 4.1% 4.9%
GDP growth rate (2006) 3.4 2.2 2.5
Exports as a percent of GDP (2006) 7.77% 12.02% 18.13%
Current account balance as a percent of GDP (2007) &nbs ...