cost of living
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — (January 28, 2026) The ongoing high costs of living are prompting some families to turn to backyard killing of animals.
There's also a claim that New Zealand's food safety rules disproportionately affect Pasifika and other migrant communities.
Carolyn Press McKenzie from...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The cost of basic food items continues to increase in American Samoa, as confirmed by the Basic Food Index (BFI) report for October, released last Friday by the Commerce Department’s Statistical Division.
And the latest BFI shows a monthly increase of 0.4% over September...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Food Group, and other typical expenses such as Housing and Transportation contributed to the 13.5% increase in American Samoa’s inflation rate for the third quarter of 2022 — July to September, according to a news release from the Commerce Department’s Statistics...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Due to “upsetting economic trends” and the high cost of living the Senate is calling on the American Samoa Government to conduct an economic impact study on COVID-19 and how it relates to the American Samoa cost of living.
This is outlined in a Senate Resolution...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Low income families and taxpayers are calling out to government leaders to take a serious look at the issue of high cost of living and the practice of some business owners to continue to raise the cost of items the people need for their daily lives.
Samoa News...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Many people are very concerned over the high cost of living in American Samoa right now and some low income families are finding it difficult to provide for their families.
A lot of employees at the canneries say that the cost of living continues to increase every month...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the issues raised during the House Session this week is the high cost of goods, a contributing factor to the high cost of living, as lawmakers voiced concerns over the significant increases — from food to building materials — and urged the American Samoa...
Honolulu, HAWAII — We all know the cost of living in Honolulu is high. Really high.
But a new analysis from 24/7 Wall Street crunched the numbers to figure out just how much a family of four has to bring in to be able to afford a “modest yet adequate standard of living” in Urban Honolulu.
The...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Despite the negative health impact from eating turkey tails, Samoans’ love of this food item, and their continued purchase of it, has resulted in another price increase in June, according to the latest American Samoa Basic Food Index (BFI) prepared by the local Commerce...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A hike in the cost of imported taro from Samoa once the ban was lifted, as well as high increased demand in export of turkey tail to Samoa, resulted in a slight jump for the American Samoa Basic Food Index (BFI) for May 2018, according to the BFI summary data released...