Forex Fundamental Analysis

European monetary union did not happen overnight, indeed, modern initiatives for a single European currency can be traced back to 1929.

US employment numbers are now back to where they were at the end of Bush's term - how will this affect currency markets?

Check out how the currencies and commodities did this past week with this analysis from a fundamental perspective.

Many analysts were convinced that it was just a matter of time until Spain was forced to ask for a full sovereign bailout from the IMF and EU to help it out of its debt problem.

The global financial crisis has dubious banking practices at its core and when some banks got into the kind of trouble that would send any company to the wall, the tax payer had to step in and foot the bill because they were deemed “too big to fail” by governments.

One of the tools that a central bank (usually) has at its disposal for holding inflation in-check or spurring economic growth is its interest rate policy – of course, many central banks currently lack the ability to boost economic growth by dropping interest rates because they are already at rock-bottom levels.

According to the BCC the UK economy has returned to growth in the third quarter and they are predicting growth of 0.5% when the official data is released. See how this affects the Forex market here.

Spain may be focusing on its own internal troubles, but there's no doubt that the country's turmoil is affecting the entire currency market.

Check out how the currencies and commodities did this past week with this analysis from a fundamental perspective.

One of the year’s bigger financial scandals was that Barclays bank (and others) had been manipulating the Libor to flatter the true financial position of the bank or to advantage its traders.

Greek austerity is unpopular and another bailout may be imminent. See how this affects the Forex markets here.

The core business of any bank is lending, but in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, many banks have been reluctant to lend money to each other - let alone businesses.

In common with many nations, the UK is attempting to get its deficit under control. The UK public debt mountain is a challenge for the future, but if the deficit can be reined-in then the public debt at least won’t be getting worse.

Check out last week's trading activities from the perspective of our fundamental analyst. The currency market was fairly flat, but the Euro gave up some recent gains against the other majors. See full analysis here.

Just a day after the Bank of Japan announced further stimulus measures to help Japan’s economy, data has been released which show that the economy is slowing.