{"id":263468,"date":"2024-10-29T23:04:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T23:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/29\/puerto-rico-under-trump-econbrowser\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:10:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:10:40","slug":"puerto-rico-under-trump-econbrowser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/29\/puerto-rico-under-trump-econbrowser\/","title":{"rendered":"Puerto Rico under Trump | Econbrowser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-54426\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A reminder. Economic indicators, excess fatalities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/activity_pr.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54427\" src=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/activity_pr.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"878\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/activity_pr.png 878w, https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/activity_pr-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/activity_pr-768x465.png 768w, https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/activity_pr-624x378.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Figure 1:<\/strong> EDB of PR Economic Activity Index (black, left scale), nonfarm payroll employment,\u00a0 (blue, right scale), civilian employment (red, right scale), both in 000\u2019s, s.a. Trump administration period shaded light orange. Source: EDB, FRED.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lest we forget the disaster of the Trump FEMA response, here are several independent assessments: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oig.dhs.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/assets\/2020-03\/OIG-20-20-Mar20.pdf\">DHS OIG<\/a> have document exactly how <a href=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/archives\/2017\/10\/were-doing-a-great-job-in-puerto-rico\">poorly FEMA performed<\/a>. Other analyses have documented the differential response that occurred in the same period \u2014 that is <a href=\"https:\/\/gh.bmj.com\/content\/4\/1\/e001191\">much larger responses to hurricane landfalls in Texas and Florida<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>From Sandberg, et al. (July 2019) in <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.lww.com\/epidem\/Fulltext\/2019\/07000\/All_Over_the_Place___Differences_in_and.12.aspx\">Epidemiology<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/epidemiologytable_PuertoRico.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-36407\" src=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/epidemiologytable_PuertoRico-1024x597.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/epidemiologytable_PuertoRico-1024x597.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/epidemiologytable_PuertoRico-300x175.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/epidemiologytable_PuertoRico-768x448.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/epidemiologytable_PuertoRico-624x364.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/epidemiologytable_PuertoRico.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\tThis entry was posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/archives\/2024\/10\/puerto-rico-under-trump\" title=\"3:09 pm\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date\" datetime=\"2024-10-29T15:09:57-07:00\">October 29, 2024<\/time><\/a><span class=\"by-author\"> by <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/archives\/author\/menzie_chinn\" title=\"View all posts by Menzie Chinn\" rel=\"author\">Menzie Chinn<\/a><\/span><\/span>.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/archives\/2024\/10\/puerto-rico-under-trump\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] A reminder. Economic indicators, excess fatalities. 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