HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Rising prices at the grocery store and gas station, stagnant wages, and flatlining tourism have combined to stall Hawaiʻi’s economy.
Carl Bonham, executive director of the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization (UHERO), said the current economic slump is the result of multiple compounding factors.
“The tourism industry is essentially flat, even a little bit down depending on the metric,” Bonham said…