Forex Fundamental Analysis

I suppose one must try to see the bright side of things for the British PM over the latest Brexit debacle.

The US Department of Labor publishes the so-called non-farm job creation data on a monthly basis.

Last week was a negative affair for the world’s major stock markets with all the major markets closing lower; only just so in the case of the FTSE.

The Eurozone requires a relatively high degree of alignment from its member economies to enable the single currency that the 19 EU states share to continue to function.

The trade deficit (or surplus when positive) is the difference in the value of goods that a nation exports minus what it imports.

The UK government is continuing with the pretence that it is negotiating with Brussels to resolve the impasse over the Northern Ireland backstop provisions in the withdrawal agreement.

The high priest of Brexit economics, Professor Patrick Minford of Cardiff University, openly suggests that Brexit could kill off large sections of what remains of the UK’s manufacturing section and livestock farming (if not agriculture as a whole).

Last week was a mixed affair for the world’s major stock markets with the Dow Jones ending unchanged and the FTSE closing lower.

The partial shutdown of the US Federal Government because of wrangles over the budget and the funding of President Trump’s controversial border wall meant that the release of the Q4 growth figure for 2018 has been delayed beyond its normal release date.

Japan was victim to some extreme weather events and seismic activity in the course of 2018 which had negative effects on the nation’s economic output.

In life, there are those who believe that information is a resource that must be shared for the common good and others who believe it to be a source of power that must be closely guarded: the British government is firmly in the second camp.

Brexit is peppered with meaningless soundbites such as “Brexit means Brexit” and “nothing is agreed until everything is agreed”, but perhaps the second of these may yet prove to be true.

Last week was a largely positive affair for the world’s major markets with all stock markets gaining apart from the FTSE.

Liam Fox is the Trade Secretary and was a prominent leave campaigner during the referendum.

In December the USA and China fuelled hopes that a solution could be found to their trade war which has been slowing global trade