Forex Fundamental Analysis

Just over a year ago, Portugal became the third EU member state to require a bailout to ensure that it could meet its obligations. Get the full fundamental here.

As unemployment is a lagging economic indicator, significant growth in employment figures means that a recovery is well under way – lack-lustre data means that we are still in an anaemic recovery phase.

The start of a new week means reviewing how the currencies and commodities did the week before. Learn here about last week's trading activities from a fundamental perspective.

Production, in the modern world, is demand led. From an accounting perspective, it is better to ensure that a business does not have large stockpiles of unsold goods on its shelves.

The domestic market in America accounts for something like 70% of the nation’s economic output. Whilst international trade is vital for the USA, it is domestic demand which is the engine of growth in the world’s largest economy.

Spain’s woes stem from the bursting of a property bubble during the global financial crisis which left banks with huge piles of bad debts; properties which were worth a fraction of the book price; stalled building projects and constipation in the housing sector.

At the weekend, a series of Greek opinion polls showed that the pro-bailout conservative party, New Democracy, had gained an advantage over the left-wing Syriza party. Syriza, whilst remaining in favour of Greece continuing in the Euro, has taken the populist position that the terms of the second bailout must be renegotiated.

See last week's trading activities with this fundamental perspective from the DailyForex Fundamental Trading desk.

China is the world’s second largest economy after the USA. Unlike the USA, it is still enjoying good growth with a target level for 2012 of 7.5%; its lowest target level since 2004. Get the full analysis here.

Japan’s currency, the Yen has been seen as a “safe haven” currency as the storm of the global financial recession raged. Get the full fundamental here.

The French Presidential election saw a socialist returned to power for the first time in 17 years. Get the full analysis here.

The only people who like austerity measures are major investors in sovereign funds. By imposing austerity measures on a long-suffering public, budget deficits can be paid down to more reasonable levels.

See last week's trading activities with this fundamental perspective from one of the pro traders at DailyForex.

The world’s third largest economy has returned to growth with a relatively healthy 1% improvement in economic output in Q1 2012. Japan is still in the recovery phase following the devastating earthquake and tsunami of March 2011.

As the last chance for the Greeks to avoid a fresh general election which may see them commit an act of joint economic suicide and create waves for the Eurozone and wider EU seems to have slipped by, better economic news is always welcome.