Local businesses and stakeholders are being briefed on the performance of the global economy.

Westpac Bank has brought in it’s Senior Economist from Australia Justin Smirk to talk about the impact of the global performance on Fiji’s economy.

Westpac General manager Adrian Hughes says an expert is needed to explain this.

There’s a lot happening internationally with the economic faced in many of the economy in Europe particularly Greece. We hear that there are some challenges in China with the recent devaluation of the dollar and we thought it would be a good time to give the local business community an update on what is happening on the world economic stage and what the impact of these challenges have on the Pacific region.

Smirk will be holding a serious of briefings this week.