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One of the most influential financial groups in the Asia Pacific warns that tens of millions of people in the region may be pushed below the poverty level…
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Consumers across the country are expected to spend more than $727 billion this holiday season, according to the National Retail Federation. But for tens…
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Traditional economic data measures features like output and productivity, but typically ignores subjective qualities that make up the human experience. A…
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Statewide, almost half of the detainees in our jails are accused but not convicted, many because they cannot afford bail. That’s according to a new study…
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One in six Hawai‘i residents lives in poverty. That’s according to new figures from the US Census Bureau….which includes the cost of living as part of the…
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The federal government puts the poverty line for a single person in Hawaii at a little more than $13,000 a year. Census figures show nearly 11% of the…