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Friday, October 21, 2022 |
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Hawaii Unemployment Drops to 3.5%
By News Release @ 3:59 AM :: 2067 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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...Job gains occurred in Leisure & Hospitality (+2,700); Education & Health Services (+500); Construction (+400); and Professional & Business Services (+200)....
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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 :: 1740 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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Thursday, September 1, 2022 |
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DBEDT lowers Hawai‘i economic growth projections for 2022 and 2023
By News Release @ 3:43 PM :: 1521 Views :: Economy
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... DBEDT lowered Hawai‘i economic growth projections for 2022 and 2023 mainly due to the declining investment caused by the increasing of interest rates and inflation ....
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Saturday, August 20, 2022 |
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Hawaii Construction Employment Down 6.6%
By News Release @ 9:02 PM :: 1658 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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... Hawaii had the second-largest percentage shortfall -6.6 percent, -2,500 jobs ....
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Saturday, August 6, 2022 |
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States Where Unemployment Claims Are Decreasing the Most--Hawaii 45th
By Selected News Articles @ 6:19 PM :: 2498 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Tourism, COVID-19
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... based on changes in unemployment claims for several key benchmark weeks ....
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Saturday, July 23, 2022 |
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COVID Unemployment Recovery -- Hawaii 48th
By Selected News Articles @ 9:08 PM :: 1873 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... Changes in Unemployment Rate by State ....
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Monday, July 18, 2022 |
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CNBC: America’s Top States for Business--Hawaii 46th
By Selected News Articles @ 5:03 PM :: 1894 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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... To rank America’s Top States for Business in 2022, CNBC scored all 50 states on 88 metrics in 10 broad categories of competitiveness ....
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Sunday, July 3, 2022 |
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It’s the Economy, Mooooo
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1769 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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... “2022’s Best and Worst State Economies.” In that site, our humble little state had lots of reasons to be humble, coming in at a bottom-scraping 48th ....
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Saturday, July 2, 2022 |
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Hawaii housing starts jump 28.2%
By Selected News Articles @ 11:47 PM :: 2045 Views :: Development, Economy, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii rate of increase second only to Massachusetts ....
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Sunday, June 26, 2022 |
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Pearl City -- Highest Credit Card Debt in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:05 AM :: 2607 Views :: Honolulu County, Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... total outstanding credit card debt stood at $222.6 million in the first quarter of 2022, or an average of $15,709 per household ....
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Tuesday, June 21, 2022 |
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COVID Unemployment Bounce Back? Hawaii 48th
By Selected News Articles @ 3:34 AM :: 1966 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... In May, there were notable gains in sectors including leisure and hospitality but Hawaii still lags ....
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Monday, June 20, 2022 |
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Hawaii Loses 4.3% of Construction Jobs
By News Release @ 5:57 PM :: 2325 Views :: Development, Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... Hawaii lost 1,600 construction jobs, -4.3 percent, the largest percentage loss in USA ....
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Sunday, June 19, 2022 |
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Hawaii's labor force participation rate increasing, jobs report shows
By Selected News Articles @ 5:08 PM :: 2127 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business
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... Hawaii's labor force increased by 7,400 people from May 2021 to May 2022 ....
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Sunday, June 19, 2022 |
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We can do something about inflation
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:17 AM :: 1545 Views :: Economy
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... From a rate of 1.9% in 2018, inflation jumped to 7.1% in 2021 and was 8.2% as of April 2022 ....
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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 :: 2178 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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Tuesday, June 7, 2022 |
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Biden Admin Claims Hawaii is Economic Success Story
By News Release @ 2:07 PM :: 2098 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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"...In the largest sector (government), the Hawaii economy added 400 jobs between January 2021 and April 2022...."
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Monday, June 6, 2022 |
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State Economy: Hawaii Ranks 48th
By Selected News Articles @ 5:47 PM :: 1700 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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... 2022’s Best & Worst State Economies ....
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Wednesday, June 1, 2022 |
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DBEDT Projects Hawaii economic growth unchanged at 3.2 percent
By News Release @ 5:44 AM :: 1263 Views :: Economy
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... despite U.S. economic growth projections being revised downward ....
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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 :: 2010 Views :: Economy, Tourism, Cost of Living
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... Inflation in the Islands hit 7.5% in March ....
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Thursday, April 28, 2022 |
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Visitor Arrivals Reach 85% of March 2019 Level
By News Release @ 7:46 PM :: 1875 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... and total spending by visitors who came to the islands in March 2022 was $1.53 billion, which was higher compared to the $1.49 billion (+2.5%) reported for March 2019 ....
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Monday, April 25, 2022 |
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Honolulu 5th Lowest Small Business Growth
By Wallet Hub @ 3:30 PM :: 2069 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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... Honolulu business environment ranks 84th of 100 large cities in USA ....
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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 :: 1982 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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Friday, April 22, 2022 |
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Economic report ranks Hawaii in bottom 10
By Selected News Articles @ 5:13 PM :: 1609 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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... over 83,000 people have moved away from Hawaii between 2011 and 2020 ....
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Wednesday, April 20, 2022 |
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The cost of “excess inflation” in Hawaii
By UHERO @ 12:02 AM :: 2322 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... inflation has not been over 7.5% since 1991 ....
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Monday, April 18, 2022 |
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High Tax Hawaii 43rd in Economic Growth
By Selected News Articles @ 4:53 PM :: 2072 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... A newly released report examines the tax burden and economic climate of all 50 states ....
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Thursday, March 24, 2022 |
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Jobs Recovery: Hawaii Among Three Worst States
By News Release @ 6:49 PM :: 2416 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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... Only Hawaii, North Dakota and Louisiana have not reached at least a 70 percent recovery of jobs lost as of the peak of the coronavirus pandemic. ....
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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 :: 2046 Views :: Economy, Tourism, COVID-19
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... Optimistic UHERO forecast with Omicron end, expected return of international visitors ....
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Wednesday, March 2, 2022 |
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DBEDT: Tourists Back at Record Levels by 2025
By News Release @ 2:55 AM :: 2662 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... Visitor arrivals are projected to increase to 9.7 million in 2023, 10.0 million in 2024, and 10.4 million in 2025 ....
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Tuesday, February 22, 2022 |
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Hawaii 3rd Highest Jobs Opening Rate
By Selected News Articles @ 1:51 AM :: 2848 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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... where employers are struggling the most in hiring ....
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Sunday, January 30, 2022 |
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Astronomy Adds $221M to Hawaii Economy
By News Release @ 4:06 PM :: 4463 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 :: 2688 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 :: 2177 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 :: 2222 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 :: 2192 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 :: 3738 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 :: 2287 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 :: 2395 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 :: 2218 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 :: 2459 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 :: 2671 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 :: 2807 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 :: 2792 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 :: 2953 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 :: 2320 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 :: 2495 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 :: 2879 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 :: 2696 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 :: 3644 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 :: 2817 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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