While growth for 2014 has also been downgraded, the good thing is that it is expected to higher than this year, at 3.8 percent. BIS central bankers’ speeches  1  Fiji’s major trading partners, those economies with which we have important trade and investment links, have also not been spared and are facing numerous challenges of their own.
•  Kenyans are increasingly using a combinations of a variety of financial services providers and new innovations reflecting the importance of a diversified financial system with 59.7% of the adult population using two or more types of financial services providers compared with 18.8% in 2006. BIS central bankers’ speeches  1  5.