UH report: Limited income growth slows Hawaii economy

UH report: Limited income growth slows Hawaii economy

When adjusted for decades of suppressed wages — and paired with the “sky-high cost of living” — Hawaii’s economy actually ranks near the bottom nationally, along with parts of Appalachia, the rural South and the Mississippi Delta, according to a new report released today by the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization. “It’s been going on for 20, 30 years,” Carl Bonham, UHERO’s executive director, said. “If we let it go on for another…