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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 :: 3214 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 :: 2554 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 :: 2737 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 :: 3117 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 :: 2919 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 :: 3866 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 :: 3113 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 :: 2848 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 :: 1933 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 :: 2959 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 :: 2953 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 :: 4118 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 :: 2877 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 :: 3885 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 :: 2936 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 :: 2833 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 :: 2966 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 :: 3057 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 :: 3114 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 :: 2926 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 :: 3890 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 :: 3179 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 :: 3761 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 :: 3691 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 :: 1975 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 :: 3700 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 :: 3637 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 :: 3394 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 :: 2658 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 :: 3046 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 :: 3484 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 :: 3108 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 :: 2662 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 :: 2408 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 :: 3226 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 :: 2901 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 :: 2918 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 :: 4130 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 :: 3314 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 :: 3079 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 :: 2839 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 :: 5592 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 :: 4255 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 :: 2257 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 :: 6241 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 :: 3011 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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