Kaua`i
Column on Economic
Indicators
Since
January 2005, TKI
Executive Director Ken Stokes has been contributing a twice-monthly
column on Kaua`i
Economic Factors
for Kaua`i People
newspaper that focus on sustainability, economy, housing and
demographics. Recent columns are listed in reverse
chronological order below and on the right.
TKI's
'green economics' approach incorporates business and
community interests with ecosystem concerns.
Economy
- Hotels
decline before visitors, 3
jun 09
- Hawaii
grew faster, fell first, 13
may 09
- Property
tax fills funding gap, 8
apr 09
- Tax
base growing faster than buildings,
4 mar 09
- Kauai
visitor boom broke island records,
7 jan 09
- Most
island food still grown elsewhere,
10 dec 08
- Kauai
visitor spending inches up in '07,
8 oct 08
- Hawaii
retail faces challenge of scale,
1
oct 08
- Kauai
visitor tally still sinking fast,
3
sep 08
- Gas
prices driving decline in gas sales
13 Aug 08
- How
to cut Kauaian energy bills in half
9 Jul 08
- Cheap
energy helped family budgets 2
Jul 08
- Kauai's
post-9/11 growth rates uneven 14
May 08
- KIUC
costs more than double since 2003
11-Mar-08
- Hawai
iimports most oil from Asia
04-Jan-08
- Furniture
leads Kaua`i retail growth
14-Dec-07
- Fewer
residents use interisland air
02-Nov-07
- Inequity
a factor in Kauai's economy
12-Oct-07
- Kauai
spends more than other islands
05-Sep-07
- Kauai
outlook for more slow growth
02-Aug-07
- Managers
lead in growth of best jobs
13-Jul-07
- Island
transport cost rising fastest
06-Apr-07
- Turnover
rises as unemployment falls
2-Feb-07
- Interisland
air traffic shifting to go
5-Jan-07
- Hawai`i
generous to taxman, nonprofits
1-Dec-06
- Kaua`i
population still growing slowly
7-Jul-06
- Kaua`i
visitor growth remains strong
9-Jun-06
- Kapa`a
Bypass solves wrong problem
5-May-06
- Kaua`i
dams store vast water supply
7-Apr-06
- Workers
losing battle with inflation
17-Feb-06
- Containers
dominate harbor shipments
10-Feb-06
- ‘Safety
net’ dominates federal spending
11-Nov-05
- Food
dominates island retail spending
14-Oct-05
- Kaua`i
economic growth stays flat
18-Aug-05
- Ag
still nota high growth business
8-Jul-05
- Kauai
economy shows slower growth
14-Jan-05
