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Entries for 'UHERO'
Friday, March 3, 2023 |
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UHERO: Public Campaign Financing for Hawaii?
By UHERO @ 11:00 AM :: 810 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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... Hawai‘i has had a system of partial public financing in place for more than forty years, but few candidates participate ....
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Monday, February 13, 2023 |
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HB1049: Avoiding disincentives in new affordability plan
By UHERO @ 11:41 PM :: 710 Views :: Tax Credits
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... Policy “cliffs” occur when a large benefit is suddenly withdrawn when income exceeds some threshold, even if by only $1. Cliffs may also reduce incentives to work and earn more ....
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Thursday, January 5, 2023 |
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Hawaii COVID Economy: Working only Two Jobs Instead of Three
By UHERO @ 3:26 PM :: 999 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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... "7.2% of the individuals were furloughed, or reduced their working hours while 6.6% of them reported having someone in their family furloughed or reducing working hours" ....
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Saturday, December 17, 2022 |
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UHERO: Severe economic downturn unlikely for Hawaiʻi
By UHERO @ 1:54 AM :: 863 Views :: Economy, Tourism
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... Rising interest rates, dwindling pandemic era savings and the coming U.S. downturn will cause a pause in growth next year. But the belated recovery of the Japanese visitor market and surging public sector construction will prevent a recession in the islands ....
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Wednesday, December 14, 2022 |
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The effects of the pandemic on the economy of Hawaii
By UHERO @ 10:58 PM :: 972 Views :: Economy, COVID-19
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... comparing the actual outcomes during the affected period with the pre-pandemic forecast ....
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Monday, November 14, 2022 |
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UHERO: Visitors-only fee may be illegal
By UHERO @ 6:44 PM :: 1265 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes, Tourism
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... Rethinking HTA’s “Regenerative Tourism Fee” ....
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Sunday, October 30, 2022 |
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Supply-side constraints to expanding Hawaii residential housing
By UHERO @ 3:10 AM :: 1073 Views :: Development, Land Use
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... UHERO Executive Director Carl Bonham participated in a panel on supply-side constraints to expanding residential housing at the Hawaii Economic Association’s 2022 Annual Conference ....
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Thursday, October 27, 2022 |
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Hawai‘i Tourism in Search of the Promised Land
By UHERO @ 11:59 PM :: 800 Views :: Tourism
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"...The problem has been implementation...."
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Friday, September 23, 2022 |
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UHERO: US recession will weigh on Hawaii’s recovery
By UHERO @ 12:23 PM :: 1063 Views :: Economy
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... high inflation, higher travel costs, and the Fed’s interest rate hikes will still adversely impact Hawaii households and businesses ....
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Monday, August 22, 2022 |
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To Tax or Not to Tax Sale of Food and Medicine
By UHERO @ 4:19 AM :: 1172 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living
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... taxes on the purchases of those expenditures disproportionately hurt low income households ....
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Monday, June 20, 2022 |
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UHERO Study Looks at Current COVID Surge in Hawaii
By UHERO @ 7:13 AM :: 1116 Views :: COVID-19
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... almost 1 in 3 adults in Hawai‘i infected with COVID-19 experience Long-COVID ....
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Tuesday, June 14, 2022 |
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How much profit are private labs earning from PCR testing?
By UHERO @ 12:00 PM :: 1433 Views :: Economy, Health Care, COVID-19
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“...In many concentrated insurance markets such as Hawaiʻi, insurers have few incentives to negotiate lower prices. They can easily pass these costs onto premiums without losing market share....”
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Sunday, May 15, 2022 |
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UHERO: Effects of COVID-19 vaccine mandates on Hawaii Businesses
By UHERO @ 8:02 PM :: 1202 Views :: Small Business, COVID-19
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... on September 13, 2021, the counties of Honolulu and Maui mandated that customers and employees provide proof of full vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test ....
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Thursday, May 12, 2022 |
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UHERO: Real income will decline 5% this year
By UHERO @ 3:00 PM :: 1256 Views :: Economy, Tourism, Cost of Living
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... Inflation in the Islands hit 7.5% in March ....
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Sunday, April 24, 2022 |
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UHERO: Astronomy impact on Hawaiʻi even greater with ‘spillover’ effects
By UHERO @ 5:23 PM :: 1284 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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... The extent of astronomy’s economic impact on the state goes well beyond the standard economic measurements when “spillover” effects are included ....
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Wednesday, April 20, 2022 |
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The cost of “excess inflation” in Hawaii
By UHERO @ 12:02 AM :: 1390 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... inflation has not been over 7.5% since 1991 ....
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Thursday, April 14, 2022 |
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VIDEO: Measuring the Burden of Housing Regulation in Hawaii
By UHERO @ 6:44 AM :: 1486 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... One of the factors that may explain Hawaii’s high home prices are government regulations that limit the ability of the housing market to create the units necessary to meet demand ....
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Sunday, March 6, 2022 |
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UHERO: Economic Recovery Comes with End of COVID Restrictions
By UHERO @ 4:24 PM :: 1388 Views :: Economy, Tourism, COVID-19
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... Optimistic UHERO forecast with Omicron end, expected return of international visitors ....
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Friday, January 7, 2022 |
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UHERO: Effects of COVID-19 vaccine mandates in Hawai‘i
By UHERO @ 9:20 PM :: 2637 Views :: Labor, Small Business, COVID-19
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... the trade-off in temporary losses during the adjustment period is met with significant gains in public health ....
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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 :: 1630 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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Wednesday, November 3, 2021 |
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SB666: Unconstitutional Entry Fee for Tourists
By UHERO @ 5:37 PM :: 1709 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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... lump-sum entry fees assessed on visitors only are legally problematic in the U.S. as they may be judged to impede travel between states and discriminate against non-residents in violation of the U.S. Constitution and federal laws ....
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Friday, October 22, 2021 |
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UHERO Looks at Maui County Plan to Impose $1.17B Tax Hike on Housing
By UHERO @ 2:42 AM :: 1845 Views :: Maui County, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... How to build affordable housing? Impose a $1.169 billion tax on housing. Clue: 'Boondoggle' ....
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Friday, October 15, 2021 |
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UHERO: Hawaii Needs to Focus on Developing Good Governance in Managing Tourism
By UHERO @ 12:14 AM :: 1389 Views :: Tourism
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... a difficult obstacle stands in the way of achieving the HTA action plans: “HTA lacks authority over state and county agencies.” ....
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Tuesday, October 12, 2021 |
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Hawaii COVID-19 Business Mandates Boost Vaccination Rate 8%
By UHERO @ 11:55 PM :: 1658 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, COVID-19
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... an additional 8% of employees were estimated to have been vaccinated as a result of the mandates. We also observed that 5.9% of employees elected regular COVID-19 testing, while 1.7% were either dismissed or resigned ....
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Saturday, October 2, 2021 |
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Refrigerators, Water Heaters top energy use in Hawaiʻi households
By UHERO @ 4:16 AM :: 1677 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics
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... refrigerators have the highest share of the total household energy (21.4%), followed by electric devices (18.6%) and water heating (17.9%) ....
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Friday, September 17, 2021 |
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UHERO Survey on COVID-19 Business Mandates
By UHERO @ 4:19 AM :: 1737 Views :: Small Business, COVID-19
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... conducting a brief 10-minute survey for business managers and owners to understand the impacts of the new COVID-19 vaccination and testing requirements on their business ....
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Tuesday, August 24, 2021 |
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Oahu Workplace Survey: 1 in 3 Already Have Vaccine Mandate
By UHERO @ 4:58 AM :: 2130 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, COVID-19
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... The largest businesses of 50 or more employees reported the lowest proportion of vaccinations at their workplaces ....
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Friday, August 13, 2021 |
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Improving Pedestrian Safety in Hawaiʻi
By UHERO @ 12:00 PM :: 1269 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... This tool can help the public and policymakers identify areas that are particularly dangerous for drivers and pedestrians ....
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Thursday, August 12, 2021 |
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Fake it to make it: A Look at Hawai‘i’s GHG Emissions
By UHERO @ 4:42 AM :: 1778 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... CLUE: ‘Domestic’ aviation means Hawaii inter-island, not ‘domestic’ within the USA. If trans-oceanic aviation were included, Hawaii would be nowhere near the goal--so they ‘solve’ the problem by ignoring it ....
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Wednesday, June 30, 2021 |
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Funding the Hawaii Tourism Authority: TAT vs General Fund…Or?
By UHERO @ 12:04 AM :: 2158 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes, Tourism
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... According to the U.S. Travel Association, fourteen state tourism offices are funded either partly or entirely by a statewide lodging tax ....
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Wednesday, June 16, 2021 |
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UHERO: Should the Counties Get a Share of the Transient Accommodation Tax?
By UHERO @ 11:05 PM :: 2128 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes, Tourism
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... The Legislature’s decision to strip the county’s share of TAT revenues is certainly a stark change from just a few years ago ....
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Thursday, April 29, 2021 |
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How Bad? Labor Underutilization in Hawaii During the Pandemic
By UHERO @ 4:55 AM :: 2020 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Hawaii led the nation with the highest percentage of its civilian labor force unemployed for 15 weeks or longer 5.3% ....
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Sunday, April 18, 2021 |
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COVID-19 infections, vaccines, and economic recovery
By UHERO @ 3:25 AM :: 3092 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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Thursday, April 15, 2021 |
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Mobility Data Shows Fewer Residents Staying at Home
By UHERO @ 10:21 PM :: 2058 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19
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... A potential cause of the recent virus spread is the decline in the share of people staying at home and a rise in gatherings ....
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Friday, March 5, 2021 |
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UHERO: Recovery Poised to Accelerate
By UHERO @ 7:00 AM :: 2359 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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Tuesday, February 23, 2021 |
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UHERO: History of Gambling Bills Since Statehood
By UHERO @ 7:22 PM :: 2502 Views :: DHHL, Gambling
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... The number of gambling measures introduced in the legislature rose whenever the state government encountered money problems ....
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Saturday, January 23, 2021 |
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Agribusiness Development Corp: "Costly, disorganized and ineffective"
By UHERO @ 1:06 AM :: 2384 Views :: Ethics, Agriculture
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... ADC’s emphasis on land acquisition has made it a costly, disorganized and ineffective program while the state and counties have failed to fulfill their promises to landowners participating in the IAL program ....
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Saturday, January 23, 2021 |
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Tuesday, January 5, 2021 |
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What COVID Emergency? Let's Quadruple Hawaii's Phony Hi-Tech Tax Credits
By UHERO @ 2:46 AM :: 1882 Views :: Tax Credits
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... CLUE: There is no shortage of private capital available for tech startups. If your tech startup needs government funds it is fake ....
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Thursday, December 17, 2020 |
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Friday, December 11, 2020 |
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UHERO: Vaccines promise 2021 growth
By UHERO @ 6:05 PM :: 2081 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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Friday, December 11, 2020 |
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Spying on You: Cell Phone Tracking COVID Obedience
By UHERO @ 5:32 PM :: 2673 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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...The data comes from the firm Safegraph, which collects cellular location data from the apps that run in the background of many people’s smartphones....
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Saturday, November 21, 2020 |
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UHERO: Ratepayers Pay $1.15 More for Every $1.00 Saved by Solar Users
By UHERO @ 9:26 PM :: 2769 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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...for every dollar the University saves with on-campus (solar) investments, other customers will pay $1.15 more -- UHERO.....
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Friday, October 16, 2020 |
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UHERO: Pandemic upends economic analysis
By UHERO @ 6:16 PM :: 2081 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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Monday, October 5, 2020 |
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UHERO Hawaii renters already leaving for Mainland
By UHERO @ 8:50 PM :: 3321 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 :: 2962 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 :: 2129 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, August 28, 2020 |
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Hawaii Visitor Count Understates Actual Numbers
By UHERO @ 11:26 PM :: 3076 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism, COVID-19
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...How Many Visitors Are Coming to Hawaii During this Pandemic? Making Sense of Hawaii’s Visitor Arrival Data....
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Friday, August 14, 2020 |
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Survey update shows widespread hardship for local businesses
By UHERO @ 10:31 PM :: 3187 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, COVID-19
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...With the exception of jobs in information technology and other services, no industry category saw a meaningful increase from the devastating April 2020 job numbers....
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Saturday, August 8, 2020 |
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Will pandemic keep Hawaiʻi residents from moving away?
By UHERO @ 10:09 PM :: 2875 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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...due to the increased difficulty of navigating a trans-Pacific move. There is also fear of a spike in COVID-19 cases in states such as California and Texas....
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