Description
International Finance and Investment
Investigate the UK economy and choose 1 other economy. This must be Germany and Investigate the economies in terms of:
• GDP and GNP.
• Spend on government civil engineering projects
• Currency and exchange rates
• Interest rates
• Balance of payments
• National debt and its management
• International trade
• Employment and unemployment
• Fiscal and monetary policies
Ensure that you frame your research within the global finance market.
Investigate the civil engineering sector looking particularly at what it is and how it operates. Look at the current opportunities with regard to the HS2 project in the UK and alternative options in other countries. Identify countries of high potential spend on civil engineering projects.
Question
You are a board member of a company that operates in the civil engineering sector. You have been tasked to investigate the following proposition and present a paper to the board.
Using the research, you have carried out prior to the examination critically review the global investment environment and present a discussion paper that develops a critical analysis and evaluation of the decision to invest:
a) in the UK and trade internationally with Germany
b) or to relocate to Germany from that base.
