Unemployment rate: 4.3 per cent
Interest rate: 6.75 per cent
Economic growth: 4.3 per cent
Stock market: 6390 points
Australian dollar: US87.5 cents
Surplus 2007 Budget: $10.6 billion
Growth in real net national disposable income per head over the past five years: 16 per cent
Days lost in industrial strikes/action: Lowest since 1913
National greenhouse gas emissions: 559 million tonnes (2005)
The man will be remembered by many Australians as a leader who steered the Nation through troubled waters to become an oasis of democracy with a voice of its own, with a solid economy based on hard work - the envy of most nations.
Terry McCrann pays tribute:Has there been a more remarkable politician, a more extraordinary political career inGeoffrey Blainey pays tribute: Notes Howard's deep commitment to democracy , his courtesy and his record putting Australian's into work.
John Howard's blue print for the future: Irving Kristol lecture delivered The Hon John Howard to the American Enterprise Institute Gala Dinner Washington DC USA Wednesday, 5 March 2008.
