Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke has repeatedly commented that purchases of Treasury securities were not conducted with the aim of targeting a particular interest rate, nor monetizing federal debt. 14  The Federal Reserve and the Bank of England completed their purchases of long-term government securities in October 2009 and January 2010, respectively.
No doubt, there are abundant natural resources and manpower capacity in our rural areas. However, we continue to notice the lack of progress by successive authorities in developing our rural dwellers to become more economically active. The rural area is home to about 52 percent of Fiji’s population.