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Sunday, January 30, 2022 |
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Astronomy Adds $221M to Hawaii Economy
By News Release @ 4:06 PM :: 5040 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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... The total economic impact of $221 million, which also accounts for indirect and induced impacts, is nearly as much as farming statewide ....
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022 |
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Before Pandemic, Spending Exceeded Long-Term Revenue in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 7:59 PM :: 3267 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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... Insights From Fiscal 50’s Key Measures of State Fiscal Health ....
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Wednesday, December 29, 2021 |
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Tourist Spending Down 11.5% from 2019
By News Release @ 4:28 PM :: 2691 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... November 2021 visitor spending was lower compared to the $1.34 billion (-11.5%) reported for November 2019 ....
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Sunday, December 26, 2021 |
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Take heart: We represent the mainstream
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:00 AM :: 2647 Views :: Economy, Taxes
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... these are majority opinions in our state ....
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Sunday, December 26, 2021 |
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Number of initial unemployment claims up in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 AM :: 2714 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... New weekly unemployment claims increased by 291 in Hawaii to 1,615 for the week ending Dec. 18 ....
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Monday, December 20, 2021 |
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Hawaii--2nd Lowest Job Growth in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:13 AM :: 4426 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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... States Whose Unemployment Rates Are Bouncing Back Most from COVID ....
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Friday, December 17, 2021 |
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UHERO: Renewed international travel restrictions reduce near-term visitor outlook
By UHERO @ 4:15 PM :: 2830 Views :: Economy, Tourism, COVID-19
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... Economic recovery resumed with the end of Hawaii’s COVID-19 wave. Now Omicron is a new threat ....
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Thursday, December 9, 2021 |
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COVID Recovery: Hawaii Ranks 45th
By Selected News Articles @ 5:42 PM :: 2857 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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... 38 states had unemployment claims last week that were lower than before the pandemic -- Hawaii isn't one of them ....
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Friday, December 3, 2021 |
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What Hawaii must do to recover financially
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:35 PM :: 2592 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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... Road Map to Prosperity ....
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Wednesday, December 1, 2021 |
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DBEDT: State Economic Performance Better Than Expected
By News Release @ 11:04 PM :: 3010 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... DBEDT revised its economic growth projection for 2021 to 3.9 percent, up from the 2.7 percent projected in August ....
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Tuesday, October 26, 2021 |
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VIDEO: How Hawaii Scares Entrepreneurs Away
By Video @ 2:05 AM :: 3328 Views :: Economy, Small Business
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... Gerard Dericks, Ph.D., is the new director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Education at Hawaii Pacific University ....
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Sunday, October 24, 2021 |
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Hawaii Has Most Jobs Seekers per Job Opening
By Andrew Walden @ 2:56 AM :: 3476 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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... 77 months until Hawaii returns to pre-COVID unemployment rates ....
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Saturday, October 23, 2021 |
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State Unemployment Recovery? -- Hawaii 49th
By News Release @ 2:37 PM :: 3449 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Hawaii Increase in Unemployment (September 2021 vs September 2019) 175.50% ....
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Friday, October 22, 2021 |
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County TAT could further debilitate Hawaii tourism
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:06 PM :: 3598 Views :: Economy, Rail, Taxes, Tourism
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... Hawaii is still in a state of emergency, tourism has slowed, businesses are closing and unemployment is high. The economy will take years to recover ....
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Thursday, October 21, 2021 |
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Hawaii Hotel RevPAR Down 13.5% from 2019
By Hawaii Tourism Authority @ 2:39 PM :: 2871 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... When compared to September 2019, statewide ADR was higher in September 2021 but RevPAR was lower due to less occupancy ....
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Thursday, October 7, 2021 |
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COVID Unemployment Recovery: Hawaii vs Nevada
By Selected News Articles @ 8:39 PM :: 3112 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... Hawaii 46th, Nevada 14th ....
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Sunday, October 3, 2021 |
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Why the toilet paper shortage?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:18 AM :: 3459 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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... how could we be in this situation again? ....
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Thursday, September 30, 2021 |
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COVID Recovery? Honolulu Dead Last
By Selected News Articles @ 8:58 PM :: 3220 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... the real unemployment rate in August might be around 6% higher than reported ....
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Friday, September 24, 2021 |
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UHERO: Delta Wave Swamps Tourism
By News Release @ 5:33 PM :: 4156 Views :: Economy, Tourism, COVID-19
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"... we are in for a period of weakness before growth resumes late in the year. The end to federal fiscal support will weigh on recovery going forward, and a full return to pre-pandemic conditions remains several years down the road ...."
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Saturday, September 18, 2021 |
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COVID Recovery: Hawaii 48th
By Selected News Articles @ 3:02 AM :: 3513 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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... progress toward economic recovery has been largely due to the distribution of the vaccine and yet highly vaccinated Hawaii still finds a way to lag ....
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Friday, August 27, 2021 |
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DBEDT: Delta Drives Down Hawaii Economic Forecast
By News Release @ 4:35 PM :: 3216 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... DBEDT revised its economic growth projection for 2021 to 2.7 percent, down from 3.5 percent ....
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Thursday, August 12, 2021 |
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Grassroot Institute of Hawaii receives CHANGE Grant award
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:10 PM :: 2108 Views :: Economy
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... The $30,000 gift from one of Hawaii's most important foundations marks an "exciting development" in the history of the institute ....
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Thursday, June 24, 2021 |
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Unemployment: Hawaii Worst Recovery from COVID
By Selected News Articles @ 9:49 PM :: 3279 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Hawaii Unemployment Rates Are Bouncing Back Least ....
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Tuesday, June 22, 2021 |
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Unemployment 8.1% for May--Down 0.4%
By News Release @ 11:07 PM :: 3298 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Statewide 595,300 were employed and 52,150 unemployed in May ....
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Tuesday, June 22, 2021 |
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Why Hawaii residents are moving away
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:42 AM :: 4510 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... State taxes a major driver of the exodus ....
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Wednesday, June 16, 2021 |
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European Travel Ban Takes 3.21% of Hawaii GDP
By Selected News Articles @ 2:48 PM :: 3186 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... States Hurt the Most by the European Travel Ban -- Hawaii 5th ....
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Monday, June 7, 2021 |
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Hawaii Worst State Economy in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 11:51 PM :: 4206 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... Hawaii is struggling with the highest unemployment rate in the country, at 9% ....
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Thursday, May 27, 2021 |
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DBEDT: Hawaii Economic Recovery Accelerating
By News Release @ 12:36 AM :: 3259 Views :: Economy, Tourism, COVID-19
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... DBEDT revised its economic growth projection for 2021 to 3.5 percent, up from 2.7 percent ....
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Tuesday, May 25, 2021 |
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Hawaii 5-year Growth Rate 2nd Lowest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 11:12 PM :: 3159 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... total employment in Hawaii declined by 10% between 2016 and 2021 ....
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Friday, May 14, 2021 |
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Now is the time to ‘get real’ about Hawaii’s future
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:41 PM :: 3249 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... losing the state’s best and brightest to opportunities elsewhere ....
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Saturday, May 1, 2021 |
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City’s Rental and Utility Relief Program to reopen May 3 at 2 p.m.
By News Release @ 10:23 AM :: 3343 Views :: Honolulu County, Economy, COVID-19
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"...fraudulent applications may be referred to law enforcement....”
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Wednesday, April 28, 2021 |
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Hawaii Government Assistance Payments Jumped 62% for 2020
By Selected News Articles @ 5:54 AM :: 3511 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... Earnings, which mostly reflect wages and other employee compensation, fell in Hawaii by 7.7% ....
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Saturday, April 24, 2021 |
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Hawaii Towns Ranked by Economic Diversity
By Selected News Articles @ 11:50 PM :: 3158 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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... During the Great Recession, local economies that diversified, tapping into new ideas and innovations, proved to be more resilient than the cities that stuck to their old tricks ....
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Sunday, April 18, 2021 |
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COVID-19 infections, vaccines, and economic recovery
By UHERO @ 3:25 AM :: 4212 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... As business activity contracted, the state quickly shed more than 150,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate jumped from 2% to 22% ....
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Monday, April 12, 2021 |
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Hawaii: 26.5% Expect to Lose Income
By Selected News Articles @ 6:39 PM :: 3498 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... The state where people are most likely to face an expected loss of employment income is Hawaii, at 26.5% ....
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Monday, April 12, 2021 |
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How Hawaii Can Waste More Federal COVID Stimulus Money--Biden has some ideas
By News Release @ 6:25 PM :: 4199 Views :: National News, Economy, COVID-19
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... Today, the White House released state-by-state fact sheets (crony dreambooks) that highlight the (allegedly) urgent need in every state across the country for the investments (pork projects) proposed by President Biden in the American Jobs Plan ....
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Thursday, April 8, 2021 |
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Forbes: Hawaii Tops List Of Worst-Performing States
By Selected News Articles @ 4:37 AM :: 3967 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... Hawaii lags the nation’s economic momentum by an astonishing 5.14% ....
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Friday, March 26, 2021 |
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Hawaii Economy Shrinks 8%
By News Release @ 10:13 PM :: 2290 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... BEA -- Gross Domestic Product by State, 4th Quarter 2020 and Annual 2020 ....
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Thursday, March 25, 2021 |
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House Budget: Irresponsible record-breaking spending spree
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:34 PM :: 4066 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, Taxes, COVID-19
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... Keli’i Akina says House members should have aimed to pay off more debt instead of go on a record-breaking spending spree ....
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Wednesday, March 17, 2021 |
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Hawaii is the State Where Joblessness Has Skyrocketed
By Selected News Articles @ 7:54 PM :: 3999 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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... Hawaii and California had the highest jobless rates in January, at 10.2% and 9.0%, respectively. At the far end of the spectrum, South Dakota and Utah had the lowest rates, each at 3.1% ....
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Tuesday, March 16, 2021 |
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DLIR: Hawaii Unemployment 10.2%
By News Release @ 4:59 AM :: 3801 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... Statewide, 588,050 were employed and 67,000 unemployed in January for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 655,050 ....
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Monday, March 8, 2021 |
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CoreLogic: Hawaii Mortgage Delinquency Jumps 4.1%
By News Release @ 11:35 PM :: 2926 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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... Hawaii and Nevada (both up 4.1 percentage points) logged the largest annual increase in overall delinquency rates ....
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Friday, March 5, 2021 |
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Federal COVID Aid: Hawaii Gets 143% of Losses
By Tax Foundation @ 7:47 PM :: 3347 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... Under the American Rescue Plan Act, states would receive $195.3 billion in aid, divided according to each state’s share of national unemployed workers ....
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Friday, March 5, 2021 |
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New Survey: 50% of Hawaii businesses not paying rent
By News Release @ 6:59 PM :: 3855 Views :: Economy, Small Business, COVID-19
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... 1,126 Hawaiʻi business owners share their feedback ....
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Friday, March 5, 2021 |
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UHERO: Recovery Poised to Accelerate
By UHERO @ 7:00 AM :: 3434 Views :: Economy, Tourism, COVID-19
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... Falling virus counts and vaccination progress set the stage for a strengthening visitor industry recovery ....
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Monday, March 1, 2021 |
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Hawaii Economy Projected to Grow 2.7% in 2021
By News Release @ 2:06 PM :: 2949 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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...DBEDT estimates that Hawaii’s real GDP fell by approximately 7.5 percent in 2020, a smaller decline than the 11.7 percent contraction forecast in the previous quarter....
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Tuesday, February 16, 2021 |
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Hawaii Needs Emergency Economic CPR
By Video @ 9:09 PM :: 2619 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 :: 3525 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 :: 3138 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 :: 3200 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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