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The economy of Fiji is one of the most developed among the Pacific islands. Nevertheless, Fiji is a developing country endowed with forest, mineral and fish resources. The country has a large agriculture sector heavily based on subsistence agriculture. Sugar exports and the tourism industry are the main sources of foreign exchange. There are ...
In March 2021, Fiji became the first Pacific island country to receive COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX initiative with frontline workers and first responders the first to be vaccinated. As of 2 January 2022, more than 600,000 (98%) Fijians have received their first jab of the vaccine and almost 560,000 (92%) Fijians have received their ...
The unemployment rate remained relatively stable through early 2020, but by the end of the year, it increased from 4.4% in February 2020 to 5.1% in December 2020, reflecting the economic challenges posed by the crisis. [373] The unemployment rate remained around 5% throughout much of 2021 before gradually decreasing to 4.4% by the end of 2021.
The case for how and what type of unemployment is measured often leaves economists, lawmakers and market watchers at odds over what exactly… Democrats tout solid jobs report as ‘Bidenomics ...
Viti Levu is the largest island in the Republic of Fiji — home to 70% of the population (about 600,000 people) — and is the hub of the entire Fijian archipelago. It measures 146 kilometres (91 mi) long and 106 kilometres (66 mi) wide, and has an area of 10,389 square kilometres (4,011 sq mi).
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Wall Street's main indexes edged lower in choppy trading on Thursday after monthly producer prices rose as expected, with investors awaiting Fed Chair Jerome Powell's comments later in the day for ...
In the immediate aftermath of the second coup, the United Nations denounced the coup, demanding that the former government be restored. The Commonwealth responded with Fiji's immediate expulsion from the association. Fiji's economy contracted by as much as 7.8% between 1987 and 1988, [11] due to a major downturn in tourism and sugar production ...