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Tonga round-up: Economic enablers at home; barriers abroad

Tonga round-up: Economic enablers at home; barriers abroad

Tonga closed out 2025 with a mix of steady domestic progress and emerging external pressures. Developments across fuel supply, banking, agribusiness and export infrastructure pointed to a gradual strengthening of the productive economy, even as global energy costs and...
Kava sector buoyed as US monograph clears toxicity cloud

Kava sector buoyed as US monograph clears toxicity cloud

Fiji’s kava industry has received a significant reputational boost after the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia (AHP) released a new monograph and therapeutic compendium for kava rhizome and root, describing it as “one of the safest and most effective botanical...
Prolonged high liquidity seen as drag on Fiji’s growth

Prolonged high liquidity seen as drag on Fiji’s growth

Former Reserve Bank of Fiji governor Savenaca Narube has warned that persistently high banking system liquidity remains a “worrying” sign of an economy operating below potential and a financial sector not fully channelling funds into productive investment. Writing on...