American Samoa (Pago-Pago)
Official title
Retail Price Index.
Scope
Not available.
Official base
January - March 1974 = 100.
Source of weights
The weights used to compute the index were derived
from import statistics.
Weights and composition
Not available.
Household consumption expenditure
Not available.
Method of data collection
Prices are collected each quarter from seven supermarkets, by agents.
Housing
Not available.
Specification of varieties
Not available.
Substitution, quality change, etc.
Not available.
Seasonal items
Seasonal fluctuations in the prices of certain items are taken into
account by maintaining the closing prices for the previous season during
the off season.
Computation
The index is computed according to the Laspeyres formula as a
weighted arithmetic average with fixed base, using weights
corresponding to the base period.
Other information
A new series (base October-December 1982 = 100) is now computed but the
relevant methodological information was not available in
the ILO at the time the present volume was published.
Organisation and publication
The index is compiled by the Economic and Planning Office
(Fagotogo).