Analysis of Recent Equipment Investment Trends

Download or read book Analysis of Recent Equipment Investment Trends written by Daehee Jeong and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unprecedented weakening in equipment investment over the past two years is seen to be caused largely by the electricity and electronics industry. The empirical analysis using macroeconomic variables shows that equipment investment reached a relatively high level, compared to macroeconomic conditions in 2010, but remained at a low level in 2012~2013. While macroeconomic conditions in 2010 brought overall positive impacts on equipment investment, actual equipment investment increased much higher than in the model's estimate, but remained unprecedentedly sluggish in 2012~13, compared to macroeconomic conditions.The analysis of financial statements of listed firms reveals that the recent contraction in equipment investment was caused by the rapid decline in propensity to invest in the electricity and electronics industry. The propensity to invest in the electricity and electronics industry has declined sharply since 2012, pointing to a decline in equipment investment despite the expanded investment availability due to the increase in operating profit ratio. However, considering macroeconomic cyclicality and investment conditions faced by the electricity and electronics industry, it can be said that there are some room for improvement in future equipment investment. This year has seen improvements in macroeconomic conditions, such as improving internal and external economic conditions, falling prices of capital goods, and waning external uncertainties, probably contributing to increasing the corporate demand for investment. Moreover, the increase in the operating profit ratio in the electricity and electronics industry hints at partial improvements in its equipment investment in the future, which is likely to somewhat contribute to a recovery momentum of the entire equipment investment.