Wage and price controls, coupled with rationing, lingered in many economies well into the first postwar decade. Because full employment was no longer perceived as ensured by the marketplace, government initiatives promoting job growth dominated the postwar economic policy framework of the Western democracies.
Over the years to 31st of December 2010: Total assets of the Nationwide Micro increased from K4.3m to 43.8m Total deposits increased from K2.8m to 39.1m Total number of depositors was at 57,991 Total loans was at K13.9m Branches in Wau, Bulolo, Lae, Madang, Kainantu, Wewak, Mt. Hagen, Kimbe, Kundiawa and Port Moresby.