Forex Fundamental Analysis

Data released by Eurostat suggests that growth of the 16 Eurozone nations was at zero during Q4 2009.

The UK growth is expected to outpace that of the Euro zone with a projected growth of 1.3% for 2010 against EU projected growth of 0.8%.

This Forex fundamental piece discusses the Greek debt crisis.

The Americans have long accused China of currency manipulation, but putting it in writing is, perhaps a different matter.

All of the major stock markets closed higher at the end of last week’s trading session with the best performance coming from the Nikkei.

America, the UK, China, the Eurozone and Japan are all reporting good figures for manufacturing output. Are optimists right after all?

After firm gains on Tuesday a disappointing US job figure pushed the Dollar to weekly lows.

Figures reveal that almost 15.8 million peoples are out of work within the Eurozone countries.

The Republic of Ireland has announced that Anglo Irish Bank will require a cash injection of €5bn. Two other Irish banks, Bank of Ireland and Allied Irish Banks will receive €1.26bn and €1.88bn respectively.

The Greek government has had a successful issue of a new seven year government bond with a yield of 5.9%. The issue has raised its €5bn target which the government will probably use for servicing interest payments on its debt.

Investors eye US data This week the US economy will gather most of investors’ attention as the week will be loaded with highly significant market moving figures. The Week will open with the US PCE price index one of the Fed’s leading indicators for inflation and a known factor in the Fed’s inflationary outlook. The PCE is expected to point on a balanced inflationary picture with consensus bets pointing on a 2% gain for the PCE index yy in line with the Fed target of 2% annual inflation. Consumer confidence will follow alongside US manufacturing and housing data.

Friday marked the last full week in March and the end (for me anyway) of the first quarter of 2010 for these reviews. So it is time to look back at March and also see how things have changed over the quarter.

After Greece's financial troubles, the Eurozone agreed to bail Greece out.

The ability of another Eurozone country to pay its debts is called into doubt- This time the spotlight has fallen on Portugal.

This Forex fundamental piece discusses the rise in Japan's exports.