And fiscal policy can play an important part in determining how the cost is spread across the economy, or across generations. But it cannot alleviate all the costs. The distributional evidence builds the case for targeted, temporary supports for certain households and businesses in more precarious financial situations.
It is also possible that the value of the investment may increase over time so that when the investor decides to sell, there would be some additional income over and above what he or she initially paid. In Fiji, we have a small and developing Capital Market and currently there are three main types of financial instruments that are sold.