Summary Background
ABBREVIATIONS
ACS American Community Survey
BLS U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
DDEC Puerto Rico Department of Economic Development and Commerce
CEDS Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy
CFC Controlled Foreign Corporation
COA Course of Action set forth in the Recovery Plan
CPCB Community Planning and Capacity Building
CDBG-DR Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery
EIA U.S. Energy Information Administration
EDA U.S. Economic Development Administration
EDD Economic Development District
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FOMB Financial Oversight and Management Board of Puerto Rico
FTZ Foreign Trade Zone
GDB-EAI Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico Economic Activity Index
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GPR Government of Puerto Rico
HSOAC Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center
IRC Internal Revenue Code of the United States
LFPR Labor Force Participation Rate
LQ Location Quotient
PBPA Point Blank Protective Apparel
PHSU Ponce Health Sciences University
PREPA Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority
PRI Ponce Research Institute
PRIDCO Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company
PROMESA Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act
QCEW Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
QOZ Qualified Opportunity Zone
SMR Small Modular Reactor
SPREDD Southern Puerto Rico Economic Development District
TCJA Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
WIOA Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

