When can nominal income grow while purchasing power decreases?
Correct answer(s):
- Prices rise faster than income
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What pair of measurements is central to assessing sustainable groundwater use?
Correct answer(s):
- Aquifer recharge and groundwater withdrawal
Which constraint can limit housing availability in Hawaii?
Correct answer(s):
- Limited developable land and construction costs
Why might economic diversification help Hawaii during a tourism slump?
Correct answer(s):
- Other industries can provide alternative demand and jobs
What belongs in an analysis of Hawaii’s defense-related economy?
Correct answer(s):
- Government operations and private military suppliers
What distinguishes real personal income from nominal personal income?
Correct answer(s):
- Adjustment for price changes
What is necessary for a defensible comparison of state GDP rankings?
Correct answer(s):
- Data for every state from a consistent reporting period
Approximately how many visitors did Hawaii record in 2025 in DBEDT’s September 2026 outlook?
Correct answer(s):
- 9.643 million
What were Hawaii’s preliminary visitor expenditures for 2025 in that DBEDT outlook?
Correct answer(s):
- About $21.863 billion
What distinguishes visitor arrivals from visitor expenditures?
Correct answer(s):
- Arrivals count travelers; expenditures measure their spending
Why is Hawaii’s total visitor spending not identical to its tourism GDP contribution?
Correct answer(s):
- Some spending includes imported goods and intermediate inputs
What was Hawaii’s preliminary nominal GDP for 2025 in DBEDT’s September 2026 outlook?
Correct answer(s):
- About $124.608 billion
What nominal GDP did Hawaii’s September 2026 outlook report for 2024?
Correct answer(s):
- About $117.627 billion
Approximately how much did Hawaii’s nominal GDP increase between 2024 and 2025 in the September 2026 DBEDT series?
Correct answer(s):
- $6.98 billion
What did Hawaii’s September 2026 DBEDT outlook report as real GDP for 2025 in chained 2017 dollars?
Correct answer(s):
- About $94.144 billion
What was Hawaii’s reported real GDP growth rate in 2025 in the September 2026 outlook?
Correct answer(s):
- 2.5%
How should Hawaii’s projected 1.3% real GDP growth for 2026 be labeled?
Correct answer(s):
- A forecast, not a completed-year outcome
Which statement is valid when reporting a forecast for a year that has not ended?
Correct answer(s):
- Identify it as a projection with its issue date
Why are chained-dollar GDP figures used?
Correct answer(s):
- To compare output after accounting for price changes
Why can nominal GDP increase without an equal increase in real production?
Correct answer(s):
- Price inflation can raise current-dollar values