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All new and revised statistical data are released and published by the Department of Research and Statistics of the Central Bank of Samoa are released here. The statistical tables are available in three formats: HTML format (for viewing on the web), Adobe Acrobat format and Microsoft Excel format. Not sure which table to look at? Try the A-Z listing of statistics.
Release Dates Calendar
The calendar of statistical tables scheduled for release is updated on the bank's website every monday afternoons. Revisions to data are generally published when a table is next updated and released. Major revisions and backdates are undertaken quarterly, and a Special note is attached to the table. Should revisions need to be made more promptly, a note is posted on the website in "Revisions to Tables".
Statistical Tables
This section is grouped into seven major categories. Immediately following is a very brief description of the contents for each category. More detailed descriptions, and notes commenting on significant issues or developments for each table, are available at the table level. The major categories are:
Exchange Rates
The Exchange Rate of the Tala is determined on the basis of a trade-weighted basket of currencies. The currency basket is reviewed periodically to reflect changes in trade and payment patterns between Samoa and its major trading partners. As a result of the last review carried out in 1999, the currency basket now comprises the currencies of New Zealand, United States of America, Australia, Fiji, Japan and Euro Countries. The weightings are based on Samoa's distribution of trade, private remittances, travel transactions and debt servicing.
Quarterly Bulletin
The Quarterly Bulletin provides statistical data up to the end of the quarter under review as well as a review of macro-economic developments during that quarter. The bulletin is published with a three months delay. For example, the March 2006 Bulletin covers developments during the December 2005 quarter.
Selected Economic Indicators
Selected macro-economic data. Research & Statistics Department , Central Bank of Samoa, is the source of the majority of these series. The Selected Economic Indicators is released monthly by the Research & Statistics Department.
Foreign Trade Report
The Foreign Trade Report is a monthly report. It provides a review of merchandise exports and imports during the month under review. This report is published monthly by the Research and the Statistics Department.
Fugalei Market Survey
The Fugalei Market Survey is a monthly report. It provides a review of the volume and prices of the main agricultural produce that were available at the Fugalei Market - the main produce market in the country - during the month under review.
Monetary Survey Report
The Monetary Survey Report presents the consolidated accounts of the monetary authorities and the commercial banks. This report is published monthly by the Research and the Statistics Department.
Exchange Rates Development
The Exchange Rates Development publication is a monthly report. It briefly reports the specific movements of currencies inside the currency basket as well as their movements against the Tala during the month under review.
Symbols and Conventions
The following symbols have been used throughout:
(Number) =
(p) = Provisional
®  = Revised figure
 -  = Nil or Zero
M = Missing item
  • As a result of rounding, the sum of separate items may differ from the total shown.
  • Percentage changes are calculated prior to rounding. Thus percentage changes calculated using the rounded figures in the tables may not agree exactly with those presented.
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