Forex Fundamental Analysis

Hot on the heels of the US Federal Reserve’s decision to maintain their interest rate at 0.25%, but to inject a further $600 billion into the economy as a measure to stimulate growth, the Bank of England and the European Central Bank announced their own decisions.

Central banks have traditionally used interest rate policy as a tool to control inflation or boost spending.

It’s high time for some better news to emerge from the world’s largest economy. This may have come in the shape of better manufacturing and export figures as the effect of the weaker Dollar begins to feed through, data for October reveal.

All of the world’s major stock exchanges closed lower last week with the exception of the Nasdaq, but the Nikkei was the only market to end the month lower.

In any recession, unemployment lags the down-turn. Employers don’t down-size until they see they have no option and then will not re-engage staff until they are confident that their order book is healthy enough to merit it.

In any recession, unemployment lags the down-turn. Employers don’t down-size until they see they have no option and then will not re-engage staff until they are confident that their order book is healthy enough to merit it.

Finance ministers from the group of 20 leading economies met at the weekend in South Korea.

Finance ministers from the group of 20 leading economies met at the weekend in South Korea.

All of the world’s major stock exchanges closed higher last week with the exception of the Nikkei.

Ahead of the summit meeting of the heads of state of the group of 20 leading economies next month, this weekend sees a meeting of their finance ministers in Gyeongju, in South Korea

The global financial crisis has brought one fact into sharp relief more than any other: the world’s major economies have been living on borrowed money.

In a move that seems to have caught most financial analysts by surprise, the Bank of China has increased its rates for the first time since the onset of the global financial crisis in 2007.

Japan’s exports are critical to her economic fortunes and the appreciation of the Yen, notably against the US Dollar, her largest trading partner, has made those exports less competitive.

All of the world’s major stock exchanges closed higher last week with the exception of the Nikkei.

Figures just released for the month of August indicate that the US trade balance between exported and imported goods has widened.