PESTLE Insights: Macroeconomic Outlook Report - The United States

PESTLE Insights: Macroeconomic Outlook Report - The United States

Summary

Services is expected to have contributed (81.4%) to the gross value added (GVA) in 2018, followed by manufacturing, mining and construction (13.6%). In nominal terms, the overall GVA is expected to grow at a robust pace of 3.7% and 3.5% in 2019 and 2020, respectively.

The US stock market performed poorly during January 18, 2018 to January 17, 2019. The S&P 500 lost 6.5% of its valuation during the period. New York, Texas, California and Illinois accounted for 35.3% of GDP and 30.8% of the total US population in 2017. The United States ranked 14th as per World Bank's logistics performance index (LPI) in 2018, compared to tenth ranking in 2016.

Scope

• Trump’s new US$1.5 tn investment plan announced in February 2018, is spread across various infrastructure projects ranging from ports, rails, air connectivity and roads. The fund is expected to boost government spending and help ailing infrastructure of the country.
• Manufacturing, followed by finance attracted the most FDI in 2017.

Reasons to buy

• Macroeconomic Outlook Report identifies the potentials of the country as an investment destination by analyzing the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental (PESTLE) structure.
• PESTLE Insights provides 360 degree view of the economy which can be used as a strategic tool to understand the market dynamics, business potentials and direction of operations
• Along with providing the country’s snapshot, the report captures the risk factors pertaining to the macroeconomic risks, political environment, legal environment, demographic and social structure effectiveness, technology & infrastructure and natural and geographic aspects that might impact business.
• This report also highlights key clusters/cities which contribute significantly to the country GDP and population along with major companies’ presence in these areas.