Competitive Intelligence and Geoeconomics

Final Project - Second Partial Phase –exercise on the country of your choice
USA

Please make the following trendlines and answer the related questions!
I. Structure of economy.
Which are the 3 most important sectors of the economy of the country according to their
share in terms of...
o GDP
o Export
o Employment
According to GDP

The most important sector according to the GDP is manunfacturin, because the % in 2016 is
79% of the total GDP.
Financial Intermediation
Accorfing toInternational Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activitie Section K
Financial and insurance activities This section includes financial service activities, including
insurance, reinsurance and pension funding activities and activities to support financial
services. This section also includes the activities of holding assets, such as activities of holding
companies and the activities of trusts, funds and similar financial entities.

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Section G Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles This section
includes wholesale and retail sale (i.e. sale without transformation) of any type of goods and
the rendering of services incidental to the sale of these goods. Wholesaling and retailing are
the final steps in the distribution of goods. Goods bought and sold are also referred to as
merchandise. Also included in this section are the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles.

According to exports

Accordint to Export Machinery and Electonics is the

most important sector in US.

As we see in the graphic, the machinery square is

bigger than the other sectors, in second place we
have Transportation, thes chemicals.

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According to Employment
Manufacturing

Section C Manufacturing This section includes the physical or chemical transformation of materials,
substances, or components into new products, although this cannot be used as the single universal
criterion for defining manufacturing (see remark on processing of waste below). The materials,
substances, or components transformed are raw materials that are products of agriculture, forestry,
fishing, mining or quarrying as well as products of other manufacturing activities. Substantial
alteration, renovation or reconstruction of goods is generally considered to be manufacturing. Units
engaged in manufacturing are often described as plants, factories or mills and characteristically use
power-driven machines and materials-handling equipment. However, units that transform materials
or substances into new products by hand or in the worker’s home and those engaged in selling to the
general public of products made on the same premises from which they are sold, such as bakeries and
custom tailors, are also included in this section. Manufacturing units may process materials or may
contract with other units to process their materials for them. Both types of units are included in
manufacturing.

Financial Services and Intellectual Property are the main sectors in emplyment in USA.

Sectors should be defined according to the United Nations, International Standard Industrial
Classification of All Economic Activities, Part 3., Section level
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/publication/seriesM/seriesm_4rev4e.pdf
Use the data from the national statistical offices or other reliable international sources
(Worldbank, IMF, UN, etc.)

II. FDI. Trends in the annual inward and outward FDI in the last 10 years (two trendlines)
o Inward FDI (current USD)

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This is the trendline of FDI in US the last 10 years, as we see in 2008 there was a fall becouse
of the mortages crisis.

Which ones are the most important investor countries?

The first country is Netherlands and the second is Germany.

In which sectors do (did) they invest?

Important Sectors Inward

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The most important sector countries invest in US is Manufacturing.
o Outward FDI (current USD)
Which ones are the most important target countries?

1.Netherlands
2.France
3.United Kingdom
4.Japan

In which sectors do (did)companies from the country of your choice invest?

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The number one is Services (Financial Intermediation)

Useful links:
- http://databank.worldbank.org/data/reports.aspx?source=2&series=BX.KLT.DINV.CD
.WD&country=
- https://data.oecd.org/fdi/fdi-flows.htm
- http://www.oecd.org/corporate/mne/statistics.htm
- https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=FDI_FLOW_PARTNER
- https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=FDI_FLOW_INDUSTRY

III. Trade. Trade statistics

o Share of export in GDP; http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS

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The exports of goods had a plateau from 2012 till 2014, the last 4 years this percentage is
deacreasing.

o Trade (% of GDP) http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS

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The same with the % of Trade, we have a negative balance.

Which countries are the main export and import partners of the country of your choice?

This table resume the 5 top export an import partner of US. As we see Mexico is the second
one in both.

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 IV. Credit rating. Ratings of credit rating agencies since 2000. Please draw up a trendline
for the ratings of...
o Standard & Poor's (S&P)
o Moody's
o Fitch Group
Moodys (AAA)
This table resume the 5 top export an import partner of US. As we see Mexico is the second one in

both.

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Standard and Poors (AA+)

Fitch (AAA)

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In the last 10 years US had an excellent calification of the three firms.
V. Cost of labour. How has the cost of labour changed in the country since 2006. Draw
up the trendline.
Global Wage Report (ILO) http://www.ilo.org/global/research/global-
reports/global-wage-report/lang--en/index.htm

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Sin 2008 according to the Labor Bureau, the trendline is deacresing.

Please do not forget to put the course ID into the subject line. Please name the files after
your country of choice.
Please also prepare a 8-slide presentation with the 8 trendlines and the related explanations.

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References
https://data.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=LN_cpsbr
ef3
http://www.ilo.org/global/standards/lang--en/index.htm
https://www.datosmacro.com/ratings/usa
https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=FDI_FLOW_INDUSTRY
https://wits.worldbank.org/CountryProfile/en/Country/USA/Year/2016/Summary
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NV.IND.TOTL.ZS
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2012.html
https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/index.html
https://unstats.un.org/unsd/publication/seriesM/seriesm_4rev4e.pdf

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