ECON 2020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Pew Research Center
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Current events ism(institute for supply management) index- manufacturing sector. So neutral (over = expansion/under = contraction. Weakness: $ appreciation - increase price of us exports, oil (as oil industry contracts means fewer orders for supplies ex. steal, drilling equipment) China - manufacturing index has fallen to its lowest level in 4 years. Europe - ism index lowest since start of 2015. Economics of illegal immigration: positives - Use of public goods(schools) without paying for it, no health insurance or going to court and tax payers paying for the: bene ts to az of a decrease in the population of illegal immigrants. Federation for american immigration reform, net cost to az taxpayers about billion per year to help subsidize illegal immigrants living expenses: education, healthcare, incarceration. Bene ts to native - born construction and agricultural workers: increase in job opportunities, increase wages by 6, costs to az due to outmigration.
