The impact of the automotive industry on the selected macroeconomic indicators of the economy of the Slovak Republic

The aim of this bachelor thesis is to investigate and analyze the position and influence of the automotive industry on the selected macroeconomic indicators of economy of the Slovak Republic. This work consists of two parts, theoretical and practical. The theoretical part focuses on the position and significance of the automotive industry for the Slovak economy along with the characterization of selected macroeconomic indicators. In the practical part, I mean specific macroeconomic indicators (GDP, unemployment, foreign trade), which analyze the data obtained from the Slovak Statistical Office and EUROSTAT. Consequently, I examine the importance of automotive production in Slovakia through changes in the macroeconomic indicators in a given time period.