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Tuesday, February 16, 2021 |
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Hawaii Needs Emergency Economic CPR
By Video @ 9:09 PM :: 2742 Views :: Economy
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... Hawaii has seen two of it’s top three economic “pillars” collapse over the past two decades ....
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Sunday, February 7, 2021 |
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What Are They Thinking?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3682 Views :: Economy, Taxes
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"... At the Legislature, committee hearings have begun in earnest and it doesn’t seem at all like we are in an economic crisis ...."
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Friday, February 5, 2021 |
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COVID Restrictions Correlate With Unemployment
By Selected News Articles @ 3:51 AM :: 3247 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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... but not so much with Corona Virus rates ....
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Thursday, January 28, 2021 |
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Best Areas for STEM Professionals--Honolulu 81st
By News Release @ 12:53 AM :: 3376 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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... Honolulu ranks 92nd in STEM-friendliness, 97th in Professional Opportunities, and dead last in STEM wages ....
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Monday, January 25, 2021 |
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State of State: Ige Punts Tax Hike to Legislature
By Video @ 6:16 PM :: 4889 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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... House speaker calls Ige’s State of the State address ‘risk averse’ ....
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Saturday, January 23, 2021 |
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Wednesday, January 13, 2021 |
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DBEDT: Hawaii Defense Spending Outlook Report
By News Release @ 1:59 AM :: 3834 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Military
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... SWOT Analysis and Action Plan Identify Challenges and Opportunities for Economic Growth ....
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Friday, January 8, 2021 |
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How to Put Hawaii Back on Road to Prosperity
By Audio @ 11:00 AM :: 3481 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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... Hawaii's economy was in trouble before the coronavirus lockdowns ....
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Friday, January 1, 2021 |
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I can see clearly now
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:29 PM :: 3259 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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... I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for a fresh start ....
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Wednesday, December 30, 2020 |
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Why so many people are leaving Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:04 AM :: 6287 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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... Hawaii’s population has been declining over the past four years ....
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Sunday, December 27, 2020 |
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Trump signs stimulus bill
By Ed Case @ 10:12 PM :: 4917 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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... Magic Money from the Sky: Hawaii Getting $1.7B from New COVID 'Stimulus' ....
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Thursday, December 24, 2020 |
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The best Christmas gift? Freedom
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:20 PM :: 2648 Views :: Economy
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... If only it were possible to fill a stocking with economic freedom and leave lots of new jobs under the tree ....
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Thursday, December 24, 2020 |
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Wednesday, December 23, 2020 |
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Hawaii has third-fastest population decline in nation
By News Release @ 12:59 AM :: 7036 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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... The number of people leaving in fiscal 2020 was almost 5 times what local economic researchers were predicting just weeks ago ....
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Thursday, December 17, 2020 |
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Wednesday, December 16, 2020 |
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Monday, December 14, 2020 |
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55.6% of DHHL direct mortgage borrowers fall behind
By News Release @ 6:25 PM :: 3497 Views :: DHHL, Economy, COVID-19
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... DHHL has extended the postponement of mortgage loan payments for all DHHL direct loans and loans assigned to the Department for an additional three-month period, through March 31, 2021 ....
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Friday, December 11, 2020 |
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UHERO: Vaccines promise 2021 growth
By UHERO @ 6:05 PM :: 3045 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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... Annual Hawaii Forecast With Global Outlook: Mainland COVID-19 surge means a bleak winter, but vaccines promise 2021 growth ....
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Tuesday, December 8, 2020 |
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A Better Way to Help Hawaii's Unemployed
By Video @ 3:06 AM :: 3746 Views :: Economy, Labor, Small Business
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... Hawaii’s unemployment insurance system is in crisis, with stalled payments, rampant fraud, and massive debt leading to higher taxes ....
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Sunday, December 6, 2020 |
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Maui County Has The Highest Jobless Rate In America
By Selected News Articles @ 9:14 PM :: 5071 Views :: Maui County, Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... With a population with a strong demographic base, what has happened to the job situation which makes it so high? The answer in a word is “tourism” ....
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Sunday, December 6, 2020 |
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Tale of the Tape
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3905 Views :: Economy, Taxes, COVID-19
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...“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”....
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Friday, December 4, 2020 |
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DBEDT: Federal Handouts, Tourism Reopening Improve Economy
By News Release @ 8:50 PM :: 2640 Views :: Economy
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"The improvements ... are mainly attributed to the federal government assistance programs and the starting of the pre-travel testing program for trans-Pacific passengers."
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Wednesday, November 25, 2020 |
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Unemployment Tax Blues
By Video @ 10:31 PM :: 4941 Views :: Economy, Small Business, Taxes, COVID-19
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...the looming massive increase in the state’s unemployment insurance tax....
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Friday, November 20, 2020 |
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October: Hawaii highest unemployment in USA, 14.3%
By News Release @ 6:17 PM :: 4013 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...The largest percentage decline in non-farm payroll occurred in Hawaii (-17.3 percent)....
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Thursday, November 19, 2020 |
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‘A massive tidal wave is going to hit Hawaii businesses next year’
By Video @ 12:24 PM :: 4994 Views :: Economy, Small Business, COVID-19
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“Just when you thought we’re sort of getting back to some system of normalcy — not the case!”
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Monday, November 16, 2020 |
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32,000 New Restaurant Cards go to PUA
By News Release @ 5:03 PM :: 3915 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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...32,000 eligible PUA individuals will receive a preloaded, prepaid card containing $500 in the mail beginning November 20....
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Monday, November 16, 2020 |
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State unemployment tax slated to automatically triple in 2021
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:52 AM :: 5959 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, Labor, Small Business, COVID-19
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...Failure to address the legally required increase could discourage employers from hiring back employees after the lockdowns....
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Saturday, November 14, 2020 |
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Today is your lucky day!
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:53 PM :: 3043 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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... to get right to the heart of what it means to have a healthy economy ....
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Friday, November 13, 2020 |
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Federal aid is not the cure
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:09 PM :: 3345 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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...to bail out Hawaii's politicians at the local level, who have been doing little during our prolonged coronavirus lockdowns to trim the state's extravagant spending, despite the collapse of the state's private sector and evaporation of its tax stream....
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Monday, November 9, 2020 |
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Hawaii's economy after the lockdowns
By Video @ 10:31 PM :: 3082 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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...As lockdowns are gradually lifted, what is the pathway to restoring Hawaii's economy?....
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Saturday, November 7, 2020 |
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DBEDT: International Students Contribute $381M to Economy in 2019
By News Release @ 9:48 PM :: 3611 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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... $381.2 million in economic output generated, including direct, indirect, and induced effects ....
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Monday, October 26, 2020 |
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Hawaii gets 13 more weeks of unemployment
By News Release @ 11:19 PM :: 4380 Views :: Economy, Labor, COVID-19
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... Federal-State Extended benefits begin Tuesday, Oct. 27 for Hawaii workers who have exhausted their state and federal jobless benefits ....
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Friday, October 16, 2020 |
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UHERO: Pandemic upends economic analysis
By UHERO @ 6:16 PM :: 3152 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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... because the state GDP data is released with a three-month lag and undergoes many revisions after its release ....
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Thursday, October 15, 2020 |
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COVID: Hawaii debt increases by $9 billion
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:12 PM :: 4033 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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...Hawaii’s unfunded liabilities for infrastructure and public health benefits have increased so far this year to $97 billion....
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Saturday, October 10, 2020 |
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27,000 Hawaii workers exhausted jobless benefits in September
By News Release @ 5:19 PM :: 4404 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Hawaii 2020 unemployment claims surpass 380,000 ....
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Saturday, October 10, 2020 |
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How to stop the exodus
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:04 AM :: 4557 Views :: Economy, Cost of Living, COVID-19
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...Hawaii’s negative migration of the past several years in a row is going to accelerate....
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Friday, October 9, 2020 |
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Ige Grade 'D' -- Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors 2020
By Cato Foundation @ 3:28 AM :: 4207 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...Hawaii’s general fund spending rose a hefty 5.7 percent in 2020, thus reducing the governor’s score in this report....
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Thursday, October 8, 2020 |
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Great Lockdown Crash of 2020 is wake-up call for Hawaii lawmakers
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:57 AM :: 4279 Views :: Economy, Tourism, COVID-19
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...Hawaii’s leading industry, tourism, has virtually disappeared; unemployment is at historic highs; hundreds, if not thousands, of businesses have permanently closed; state and county tax revenues have evaporated....
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Tuesday, October 6, 2020 |
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Employment Recovery: Nobody Lags Like Hawaii
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 4575 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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...Hawaii has recovered just 13% of the jobs lost since the start of the pandemic....
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Monday, October 5, 2020 |
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UHERO Hawaii renters already leaving for Mainland
By UHERO @ 8:50 PM :: 4944 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, COVID-19
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... Prior to COVID-19, our respondents reported a roughly 4% vacancy rate .... In August, however, this number jumped to 9% ....
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Sunday, October 4, 2020 |
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UHERO: Tourism bounce back will be slow
By UHERO @ 4:48 AM :: 4273 Views :: Economy, Tourism, COVID-19
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...UHERO report illustrated a dark forecast—worse than the aftermath of 9/11—for travel and tourism in Hawaiʻi, across the U.S. and around the world....
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Saturday, September 26, 2020 |
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UHERO: Failed Response to COVID Resurgence Stopped Economic Recovery
By UHERO @ 12:30 PM :: 3248 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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...Our baseline forecast now sees meaningful economic recovery delayed until the middle of next year, and an attenuated recovery period thereafter....
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Friday, September 25, 2020 |
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Pollyana approach not working
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:08 PM :: 4576 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, Labor, COVID-19
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... At the beginning of the year, our governor boasted about his efforts to put the state on a “sound financial footing.” What a difference a few months can make ....
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Saturday, September 19, 2020 |
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Hawaii Lost the Most Construction Jobs Between July and August
By News Release @ 3:25 AM :: 3308 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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...Hawaii lost the highest percentage (-3.5 percent, -1,300 jobs) of construction jobs for the month....
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Friday, September 18, 2020 |
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Monday, September 14, 2020 |
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Low Income Hawaii Workers Income Jumped in April and May
By News Release @ 11:26 PM :: 4658 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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...Hawaii was the second-most-dependent state on the additional $600 in unemployment benefits that expired at the end of July.....
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Saturday, September 5, 2020 |
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45 Companies--13,701 Layoffs Since Aug 1
By Selected News Articles @ 10:17 PM :: 5552 Views :: Economy, Labor, Tourism, COVID-19
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...These notices only represent announcements by companies in the state that have 100 or more employees....
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Wednesday, September 2, 2020 |
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DBEDT: Hawaii economy will contract 12.3% in 2020
By News Release @ 5:47 PM :: 3370 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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...The revision is mainly due to the delayed pre-test program for trans-Pacific travel and the two-week Stay-at-Home, Work-from-Home order for Oahu....
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Friday, August 21, 2020 |
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Hawaii Unemployment 13.1% -- Thousands Quit Looking
By News Release @ 8:17 PM :: 4141 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... The unemployment rate would have been much higher except that there were nearly 30,000 fewer people in the labor force than a year ago ....
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Wednesday, August 19, 2020 |
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Caldwell Announces More COVID Restrictions--Targets Non-Economic Activity
By News Release @ 3:36 AM :: 4686 Views :: Honolulu County, Economy, Small Business, COVID-19
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...Caldwell said at the news briefing that county and state leaders discussed the modified restrictions for O‘ahu over the past five days, trying to decide whether to use a scalpel or a hammer. “We’ve chosen a scalpel,” Caldwell said....
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