Forex Fundamental Analysis

Investors in stocks have become somewhat addicted to stimulus measures from central banks. The central banks have pumped vast sums of money into their respective economies in a collective bid to improve liquidity within the financial sector such that banks will lend money to businesses and boost economic activity – a kind of fiscal defibrillation to flat-lining growth, if you will.

For a nation to have the coveted AAA rating for its credit, meaning that borrowing costs will be as low as possible, all three major credit ratings agencies need to agree on its status.

The spark which ignited the crisis in the single European currency was the knowledge that Greece had fudged its entry qualifications to the Euro and had a much larger deficit than permitted.

Last week was a mixed affair for the world’s major stock indices with Japan and Europe declining and the USA gaining. Get the fundamental analysis here.

The French economy is the second largest within the Eurozone, making the country's high unemployment even more painful. Get the story here.

The European Commission (EC) is to impose tariffs on Chinese solar panels from 6th June 2013. The EC is the executive arm of the European Commission and is made up of commissioners appointed from each member state (27).

It is all about confidence. Manufacturing output following a recession will pick up once businesses are convinced that a demand exists (or will do shortly) for their products.

A raft of indicators have been published recently which provide further confirmation, if any were necessary, that the global recovery remains fragile.

Last Friday marked the end of trading for the month of May. With the exception of the Dax, all of the major markets lost ground over the course of the week, but all gained during May.

The European Commission (EC) announced on Wednesday that it intended to relax the agreed timelines for six Eurozone member states to reduce their deficits.

Recent gains seen on world markets have moved some indexes into new record levels and others to heights not seen since the onset of the global financial crisis.

China has come under much criticism, most notably from US lawmakers, for artificially keeping its exchange rate against competing currencies low.

The German economy has hardly been going from strength to strength – a direct comparison of Q1 2013 against Q1 2012 shows that the economy has contracted by 1.4%.

The recent Bull run in the world’s major markets came to an end, for now at least, on Thursday with the release of poorer than expected Chinese economic data and hints that the Federal Reserve may move away from its supportive measures.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) conducts missions to its member states usually on an annual basis in accordance with its article 5 obligations.