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Economic structure: Quarterly indicators 2011 2012 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Qtr Prices Consumer prices (av; 2005=100) 158.2 163.1 164.6 166.9 169.7 174.7 172.3 n/a Consumer prices ( % change, year on year) 3.4 7.3 9.0 10.1 7.3 7.1 4.7 n/a Fin...
Economic structure: Quarterly indicators 2010 2011 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Qtr Prices Consumer prices (av; 2005=100) 152.9 152.0 151.1 151.6 158.2 163.1 n/a n/a Consumer prices ( % change, year on year) 1.6 1.0 0.7 0.6 3.4 7.3 n/a n/a Financ...
Solomon Islands economy: The 2012 budget has been passed FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT The finance minister, Rick Hou , presented the full budget for 2012 in mid-January , it was passed by parliament in early February after 4 days of debate. Mr Hou described the budget as being focused on rural development, with almost 1-half of budgeted expenditure earmarked for "rural...
Economic structure: Quarterly indicators 2009 2010 2011 4 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr Prices Consumer prices (av; 2005=100) 150.7 152.9 152.0 151.1 151.6 158.2 163.1 n/a Consumer prices ( % change, year on year) 1.3 1.6 1.0 0.7 0.6 3.4 7.3 n/a F...
Solomon Islands economy: Soaring log output drives growth FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT The Solomon Islands' economy continues to be driven by the region's main export category, log exports. In October 2011 log production stood at around 150,000 cu metres, a rise of 84 % year on year. At 1.6m cu metres, production in the 1st 10 months of the year exceeded the total for th...
Economic structure: Quarterly indicators 2009 2010 2011 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Qtr 1 Qtr Prices Consumer prices (av; 2005=100) 150.5 150.1 150.7 152.9 151.9 151.1 151.6 158.2 Consumer prices ( % change, year on year) 9.4 2.0 1.3 1.7 1.0 0.6 0.6 3.4 ...
Overview Objectives: Significant challenges face Pacific island regions (PICs) in improving livelihoods , overcoming poverty - in particular, food , fuel price surges in 2008, the impact of the global economic crisis, a number of natural disasters, difficulties maintaining infrastructure , the negative effects of climate change. PICs , international agencies acknowledge that the way t...
Karachi : On 2011-11-23 , the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the 2011 Article IV Consultation with Solomon Islands.1 Background Solomon Islands? economy has rebounded strongly from the 2008?09 global financial crisis. Growth contracted by nearly 5 % in 2009 driven by a drop in commodity exports, mainly logging. International reserves w...
Solomon Islands economy: Inflation has picked up FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT Consumer price inflation in the Solomon Islands reached 7.2 % year on year in June, driven up by high prices f...
Solomon Islands : region outlook FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT OVERVIEW: The government celebrated its 1st anniversary in office in August 2011 , having secured its position after a period of political turbulence earlier in the year. However, parliament has not met since March, when the prime minister, Danny Philip , successfully headed off a no-confidence motion , passed a...
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