1. Do research about the construction industry and describe the industry.

• Identify the goods and/or services the construction industry provides.
• Identify some of the major companies in this industry.
• Add anything else about the industry that is interesting.
• Keep track of the sources by copying their Internet addresses (URLs). paste these URLs at the end of the paper as references.

1. Select one of three macroeconomic variables (real GDP, the unemployment rate, or the inflation rate) that a businessperson in the construction industry should monitor and explain why that variable is important and how it might have an impact on the construction industry.
2. Describe in a sentence or two the important movements of the variable in a table and graph.
3. Summarize how the construction industry will perform in the future.

• Be sure to provide support for the prediction of the future construction industry performance.

1. include a minimum of two references/citations in the text.