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UHERO: Failed Response to COVID Resurgence Stopped Economic Recovery

By UHERO @ 12:30 PM :: 4265 Views
 

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UHERO State Forecast Update: Hawaii in early stages of recovery, then a setback

From UHERO, September 25, 2020

Hawaii’s COVID-19 resurgence put the brakes on a very tentative economic recovery.

The further delay of the visitor industry restart and renewed strict social distancing on Oahu have hit both tourism and locally-focused businesses.

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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KHON: Local economists say Hawaii COVID response was ‘regrettable, to say the least’

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