Forex Fundamental Analysis

While terrorism and Russian sanctions have left Turkey’s already struggling economy bracing for the worst, the issue of thousands of illegal migrants is also taking its toll on the country.

Seems every day, another crisis takes place somewhere in the world. The latest distress is engulfing Brazil, the world’s fifth most populous country and eighth-largest economy.

Last week was another mixed affair for the world’s major markets

The Federal Reserve has left interest rates on hold at between 0.25 and 0.5% for the time being and now suggests that only two incremental rises in rates are on the cards for 2016.

Bringing up the rear in this the current presidential rest is Ted Cruz, presently senator from the state of Texas. So what does Cruz propose to do for America if elected president?

The UK’s finance minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, made his 8th budget presentation in parliament on Wednesday.

Hot on the heels of the furore following the chairman of the British Chambers of Commerce (John Longworth) comments that the UK could have a bright future outside of the EU, which led to his resignation, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has waded into the debate.

Growth in the Chinese economy has been phenomenal since the Chinese Communist party started its flirtation with capitalism. It is easy to forget that China is still a single party state and highly authoritarian when it chooses to be.

The last ISIS bombing exploded in Istanbul in January of this year and threatened to deal Turkey’s tourist economy a major blow.

Despite low growth forecasts, Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang is depending on structural reforms over economic reforms to keep the world's second largest economy on track. At the opening session of the National People’s Congress last week in Beijing, Li Keqiang pointed to ‘pragmatic and steady growth’ in the government’s work report for 2015.

Last week was a mixed affair for the world’s major markets. The oil price consolidated further, leading some analysts to speculate that the price has bottomed out.

With deflation in the Eurozone persistently low and well below target and growth, well, putting it kindly; tentative, it had been widely expected that the European Central Bank would act to make its monetary policy even more accommodative.

The start of the year has been dominated by fears that China’s economy is slowing, which is bizarre because anybody who keeps an eye on economic news knows it has been the case for a couple of years now, and this is behind the softening of commodity prices and shares in mining concerns.

It took Bernie Sanders, the only other candidate on the Democratic ticket besides Hillary Clinton, some time to make his economic plans clear to the public. But now that he is moving along in his campaign, he has outlined his proposals and has listed clearly the way each proposal will be funded.

The Governor of the Bank of England has the mandate to “promote the good of the people of the United Kingdom by maintaining monetary and financial stability.”