Suppose recent changes to immigration laws have decreased the supply of immigrant labor, increasing wages in manual labor occupations. how might this affect the market for construction? a change in worker wages would shift the ▼ supply demand curve. in particular, an increase in wages in manual labor occupations would shift the supply curve to the ▼ right left .

Afirm wants to strengthen its financial position. which of the following actions would increase its current ratio? a. reduce the company's days' sales outstanding to the industry average and use the resulting cash savings to purchase plant and equipment.b. use cash to repurchase some of the company's own stock.c. borrow using short-term debt and use the proceeds to repay debt that has a maturity of more than one year.d. issue new stock, then use some of the proceeds to purchase additional inventory and hold the remainder as cash.e. use cash to increase inventory holdings.