CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - The Australian economy recorded its weakest performance in more than two years in the three months ending June 30, growing just 0.1 percent from the previous quarter, according to official figures released Tuesday.
Analysts had expected the quarterly figure to be worse, given slumping company profits and a battering of exports by a two-year drought hitting Australia's agricultural sector, weak world economic conditions and SARS.
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