AN IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF INVESTMENT IN THE BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY OF ECUADOR

Abstract

This document aims to present the main changes of the Ecuadorian short-term economic dynamics of the investment in construction by provinces, consumption of materials, and investment, among other variables that involved the environment of the construction. These figures are widely used by analysts, politicians, the press, the business community and the general public, as synthetic indicator of economic activity, for decision-making. This report consists of general results of the Ecuadorian construction investment, the macroeconomic environment and the behavior of other economies in Latin America. In addition, the behavior of the demand in construction between provinces, which includes an analysis of final consumption and investment in the main markets that this activity have been increased in Ecuador in the gross capital formation.