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 %.