The economic performance of a UK Construction PLC will be affected by many factors, including the role of government, exchange rates and inflation. Discuss
The construction industry tends to be a quite volatile sector of the economy. Investment spending in construction has a strong correlation to the rate of economic growth and future prospects. When growth is high, demand for construction will be rising, when growth rates fall and the economy heads toward recession, firms invariably cut back on new construction projects and the industry can be hard hit by a slow down.
The exchange rate has a bearing on the exporting sector. If there is a depreciation in the exchange rate, exports become more competitive and the exporting sector will generally do better. This can lead to increased investment by industry.
However, a lower exchange rate tends to be only a short term boost and demand for UK exports is increasingly inelastic, meaning a depreciation doesn’t help much.