Increase in govt spending — mostly COVID funds — contributed to 2022 GDP growth
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An increase of 1.8 percent in the real gross domestic product (GDP) for American Samoa in 2022 — after decreasing 0.8 percent in 2021 — “reflected increases in



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