Economic and industry analysis

Economic analysis

Industry analysis

Process of assesing the general state of the economy and its potential effects on security returns

Key economic variables

Interest rate


Employment

Inflation

Budget deficit


Industrial production


Fiscal policy

Gross domestic product (GDP)

Monetary policy

Economic analysis and business cycle

Business cycle concentrate on;

Alternative monetary series

Cynical indicator approach

  • Faces different periods of expansion and contraction

Coincident indicators

Lagging indicators

Leading indicators

Selected series

Happen 'before' any changes in aggregate economic

Economic series that have peak and troughs that roughly coincide with peak and troughs in business cycle or events that happen during market change.

Economic series that have peak and troughs after those aggregate economy or events happen after market change.

Economic series that expected to influence aggregate economic activity but don't fall into one of the 3 main groups

  • Balance of Payment
  • Federal surplus or deficit
  • Declines rate of growth of money supply - Contractions
  • Increasing rate of growth of money supply- Expansions