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Basic Food Index (BFI)

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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As inflation is cooling a bit in the States, prices in American Samoa’s Basic Food Index (BFI) for September rose only slightly when compared to recent months with the monthly increase at 0.8%, from August 2024 to September 2024. The BFI is a monthly rapid assessment of...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — For the second-consecutive month, imported taro, leads food items, which contributed to the increase in the Basic Food Index (BFI) — and this time the BFI has increased for the month of August. Commerce Department’s Statistics & Analysis Division reported last month...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A jump in price for ten food items — led by imported taro — contributed to the 1.9% increase in the Basic Food Index (BFI) for July 2023, according to the BFI report released this week by the Commerce Department’s Statistics & Analysis Division. DOC had reported last...