Chart: Reducing import leakages would create more jobs from investing in infrastructure: Manufacturing job gains from a $500 billion infrastructure investment with current levels of imports (status quo) and a one-third reduction in import share of manufacturing

Figure B

Scenario
Status quo	340,900
Reduced import share	384,600

Source: Author’s analysis using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2017)

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