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  "title": "Samoa: Technical Assistance Report - Report on National Account Statistics Mission (March 2-13, 2026)",
  "publication": "Technical Assistance Reports, June 5, 2026",
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  "summary": "The Samoan authorities have expressed strong interest in the Supply and Use Tables (SUT) to improve macroeconomic projections for policy purposes. The mission worked with Samoa Bureau of Statistics (SBS) staff to assess the revised Business Activity Survey (BAS) data and mapped to the SUT.",
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      "heading": "Mission scope and activities",
      "content": "- Mission dates: March 2-13, 2026.\n- Principal counterpart: Samoa Bureau of Statistics (SBS) staff.\n- Core activity: Assessment of the revised Business Activity Survey (BAS) data and mapping these data to the Supply and Use Tables (SUT).\n- Objective stated by authorities: Strong interest in the Supply and Use Tables (SUT) to improve macroeconomic projections for policy purposes."
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    {
      "heading": "Key findings and outputs",
      "content": "- A preliminary balanced SUT for 2023 has been prepared.\n- The mission worked with SBS staff to:\n  - Assess revised BAS data.\n  - Map BAS results to the SUT framework."
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      "heading": "Data themes and topics covered",
      "content": "- Capital formation\n- Data collection\n- Economic and financial statistics\n- Gross fixed investment\n- National accounts\n- Specific data instruments referenced: Business Activity Survey (BAS), Household Income and Expenditure Survey\n- Flows and aggregates referenced: Exports, Imports, Government Final Consumption Expenditure, GDP"
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      "heading": "Policy relevance and use",
      "content": "- Authorities expect the SUT to support improved macroeconomic projections for policy purposes.\n- Strengthened BAS-SUT linkage is positioned to enhance measurement of:\n  - Gross fixed investment\n  - Capital formation\n  - Sectoral and aggregate GDP components"
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      "content": "- Business Activity Survey\n- Capital formation\n- Data collection\n- Exports\n- GDP\n- Government Final Consumption Expenditure\n- Gross fixed investment\n- Household Income and Expenditure Survey\n- Supply and Use Tables\n- National accounts\n\nSource: Samoa: Technical Assistance Report - Report on National Account Statistics Mission (March 2-13, 2026), June 5, 2026.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Tarea2026043\n  - Tarea2026043 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Tarea2026043 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/technical-assistance-reports/issues/2026/06/05/samoa-technical-assistance-report-report-on-national-account-statistics-mission-march-2-13-576388"
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    "Published: June 5, 2026",
    "Series: Technical Assistance Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229043953.019",
    "Mission dates: March 2-13, 2026.",
    "Principal counterpart: Samoa Bureau of Statistics (SBS) staff.",
    "Core activity: Assessment of the revised Business Activity Survey (BAS) data and mapping these data to the Supply and Use Tables (SUT).",
    "Objective stated by authorities: Strong interest in the Supply and Use Tables (SUT) to improve macroeconomic projections for policy purposes.",
    "A preliminary balanced SUT for 2023 has been prepared.",
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    "Economic and financial statistics",
    "Gross fixed investment",
    "National accounts",
    "Specific data instruments referenced: Business Activity Survey (BAS), Household Income and Expenditure Survey",
    "Flows and aggregates referenced: Exports, Imports, Government Final Consumption Expenditure, GDP",
    "Authorities expect the SUT to support improved macroeconomic projections for policy purposes.",
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