Analýza makroekonomického vývoje Itálie v expanzní a kontrakční fázi hospodářského cyklu v letech 2000-2016

This thesis deals with the macroeconomic analysis of development of Italy in contraction and expansion phase of economic cycle in 2000-2016 and 2017. The thesis consists of three main parts: theoretical part, practical part and conclusion. The theoretical part explains basic methodological approaches and concepts related to the analysis of the economic cycle. Furthermore, basic macroeconomic indicators influencing economic cycle and its development are described in this part. The practical part analyzes the macroeconomic development of Italy in years 2000-2017 with an emphasis on the analysis of the main macroeconomic indicators. The last part, the conclusion, summarizes results of the thesis. The aim of the thesis is to analyze the development of pre-crisis, crisis and post-crisis phase of the economic cycle of the selected country in the chosen period, based on the evaluation and comparison of statistical data of the Italian economy. In addition, the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the Italian economy are identified and summarized in the form of SWOT analysis. The results obtained are compared to the average of the Eurozone countries, the European Union or the OECD for compact assessment. The conclusions of the thesis show that the Italian economy lagged behind the average values of the Eurozone countries, the European Union or the OECD in almost all analyzed indicators during the examined periods. The main conclusions are briefly and clearly summarized in the SWOT analysis.