However, the 2005 data show that Mauritius has smartly zipped past Fiji and is now nearly four times higher than us. In the Pacific, Samoa and Papua New Guinea are doing extremely well and may also skip past Fiji if we do not get our act together. 2  BIS Review 73/2008  Yet another indicator is the “ease of doing business”.
WPI inflation has since moderated to around 7.0 per cent but remains above 5.5 per cent observed during the pre-crisis period. Growth moderation, coupled with signs of thawing of WPI inflation since December 2011, prompted the Reserve Bank to cut the repo rate by 50 basis points to 8.0 per cent in April 2012.