Introduction Fiji’s international merchandise trade data from 2010 to 2025 show that imports and exports have trended upward over the past 10 years. Between 2020 and 2021, import and export values fell sharply, primarily due to unprecedented disruptions caused by…
Introduction Canada’s unemployment rate has been relatively high. The unemployment rate has been hovering around 6%. While the unemployment rate has declined significantly from its abrupt pandemic peak of 13% in 2020, it stubbornly remains undesirably high in 2026, despite…
The Australian inflation rate, as expected, rose to 3.8% in the 12 months to January 2026 despite the RBA’s rate hikes to bring the inflation within its targeted rate. The rate has remained stubbornly above the RBA’s comfort zone of 2%-3%, with housing as the largest contributor at 7.2%.