TY - BOOK ID - 85601355 TI - Samoa : 2018 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; Staff Statement; and Statement by the Executive Director for Samoa. PY - 2018 SN - 1484359291 1484359259 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Samoa KW - Independent State of Samoa KW - Malo Saʻoloto Tutoʻatasi o Samoa KW - Government of Samoa KW - Malo o Samoa KW - Western Samoa KW - Economic conditions. KW - Banks and Banking KW - Exports and Imports KW - Public Finance KW - Statistics KW - Natural Disasters KW - Criminology KW - Climate KW - Natural Disasters and Their Management KW - Global Warming KW - Debt KW - Debt Management KW - Sovereign Debt KW - International Lending and Debt Problems KW - Banks KW - Depository Institutions KW - Micro Finance Institutions KW - Mortgages KW - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology KW - Computer Programs: Other KW - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law KW - Natural disasters KW - International economics KW - Public finance & taxation KW - Banking KW - Macroeconomics KW - Econometrics & economic statistics KW - Corporate crime KW - white-collar crime KW - Public debt KW - External debt KW - Public and publicly-guaranteed external debt KW - Environment KW - Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) KW - Crime KW - Credit KW - Money KW - Debts, Public KW - Debts, External KW - Banks and banking KW - Foreign exchange KW - Money laundering KW - White-collar crime UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85601355 AB - This 2018 Article IV Consultation highlights that Samoa’s economy has shown resilience and continues to perform well. Growth remained robust at 2.5 percent in 2016/17, driven by commerce, services and agriculture. Inflation picked up to 1.3 percent in 2016/17, compared with close to zero in the previous year, but remains well below the authorities’ target of 3 percent. The current account deficit narrowed to 2.3 percent, driven by temporary factors. The Samoan Tala appreciated against the United States dollar during 2016/17, although there was little change in the nominal and real effective exchange rates. Growth is projected to moderate to 1.8 percent in 2017/18 and then rebound in 2018/19, as two new businesses scale up operations at the old Yazaki plant and several infrastructure projects are completed. ER -