Forex Fundamental Analysis

Last Friday marked the end of the week, month and quarter from the perspective of these summaries. Get the week in review for June 30, 2014 here.

Japan has been dogged by deflation for much of the past two decades. Get the fundamental analysis for June 27, 2014 here.

We reported recently that both the IMF and the US Federal Reserve had shaved their growth forecasts for the US economy in 2014 as a result of an unusually harsh winter.

It is often said that there is no such thing as a quick fix. Japan has suffered from years of deflation and weak economic growth, but it is clear that complex problems take time to resolve.

The latest reading of the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for China, sponsored by banking giant HSBC, shows that the sector has rebounded to growth this month.

Last week saw all of the world’s major markets making ground with the exception of the CAC which was essentially unchanged. Get the full fundamental for June 23, 2014 here.

Argentina was in dire financial straits at the beginning of the century and, in the end, suffered a sovereign default on her debts.

Yesterday, we reported that the IMF had slashed its projection for US full-year growth for 2014. Get the full analysis here.

We are now 7 days into the 2014 World Cup and what a great tournament it has been so far! Learn how the 2014 World Cup will affect the Forex markets this week here.

The USA – well all of North America – suffered an exceptionally hard winter in 2013-14 with temperatures plunging to record lows as the continent was held in the grip of a polar vortex which produced record snowfall and snow much further south than normal.

Tensions remain high between Russia and Ukraine following the change of regime in Ukraine and the shift towards the West (from a Russian perspective) that resulted

Last week saw all of the world’s major markets losing ground with the exception of the Nikkei which managed modest gains. Get the full fundamental analysis for June 16, 2014 here.

Concern has been raised in various quarters that UK property prices are rising in an unsustainable fashion and could be inflating a property bubble.

China is the world’s second largest economy, but is unique in that it is still very largely a command economy, responding to the imperatives of the ruling Communist party.

The UK produced some of the best growth figures of any Western industrialised nation last year and many expect it to repeat that performance in 2014.