The Fiji Times, 18 June 2018 – THE issue of cost of living has become more pronounced in the country since last year, says University of the South Pacific economist, Dr Neelesh Gounder.
Analysing the results of the recent Tebbutt-Times Poll which revealed that the cost of living, unemployment rate, and wages are the top “pressing issues” that the Government needs to address in the country, Dr Gounder said households in the country living below the poverty line suffered the most from economic hardships.
“The relative prominence of cost of living in this and the last survey in February 2017 is not surprising. First, it is no doubt that those households below the poverty line suffer from economic hardship,” he said. Read more…
