Samoa recorded an increase for restaurant index

Samoa has recorded an increase for restaurant index for January, this year.

This has been confirmed by the Samoa Bureau of Statistics Report titled "Consumer Price Index January "

The report stated "The restaurants index increased by %. Increased prices recorded for meal is reflected in the 6% in the restaurants index"

However, the average annual inflation for the year ended January 2022 was 4.5 % whereas the CPI went up by 10.8 % when compared to the same period last year.

"The increased of the imported Goods Component by 0.9% reflects lower prices for fuel and imported food, which were also the main contributors to the decrease of 0.4 % in the all items CPI"

"The local component recorded an increase of 0.1 per cent from the previous month"

"Food & Non alcoholic beverages and housing, water, electricity gas and other fuel indices also decreased by 0.6 and 0.3 % respectively"

The report stated increases were registered for the restaurants index with 65, clothing and footwear index with 1.3 per cent, furnishing, household equipment and maintenance with 1.1 % and miscellaneous goods and services index with 0.1 %.