New Zealand: Monetary & Fiscal Policy. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) is in charge of the monetary and fiscal policy of the nation. Currently headed by […]
New Zealand: Economic Overview. With its teeny-tiny population, New Zealand’s economy is also relatively small. Its GDP, which is valued at 203 billion USD in 2018, […]
New Zealand. If you’ve seen the Lord of the Rings, then you probably know that Middle Earth is located somewhere along the hills of New Zealand. […]
Trading AUD/USD. AUD/USD is traded in amounts denominated in AUD. Standard lot sizes are 100,000 AUD and mini lot sizes are 10,000 AUD. The pip value, […]
Important Economic Indicators for Australia. Consumer Price Index – Because the RBA’s primary goal is controlling inflation, the CPI, which measures the overall change in the price […]
Australia: Getting to Know the AUD. Even though they’ve got their seasons mixed up, the Australians are always up bright and early to play. Well, this […]
Australia: Monetary & Fiscal Policy. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is the main governing body of Australia when it comes to monetary and fiscal policy. […]
Australia: Economic Overview. Compared to G7 nations, Australia’s overall economy is relatively small. According to the World Bank, however, on a per-person basis, its GDP is […]
Australia. Officially known as the Commonwealth of Australia, Australia could be found somewhere in the Southern Hemisphere, just southeast of Asia. Considered the world’s biggest island, […]
USD/CAD Trading Tactics. Since USD/CAD is only active during the U.S. trading session, the pair is highly susceptible to fakeouts during the other two trading sessions. This means […]
What Moves the CAD? U.S. Economic Data U.S. economic data usually prints roughly at the same time as Canadian data. On the one hand, the negative […]
Getting to Know the CAD. You might be wondering why the CAD is nicknamed after Canada’s national bird, the Loonie… Well, that’s because that’s the engraved […]
Canada – Monetary & Fiscal Policy. The Bank of Canada (BOC) is the main governing body when it comes to determining the country’s monetary policy. Decisions on the […]
Canada – Economic Overview. Canada is considered a resource-based country, which basically means that most of the economic growth it experienced early on came from the […]
Canada. Oh, Canada… Uncle Sam’s friendly, environment-loving, French-speaking, semi-frozen buddy up north. It is a place known to have created some of the most amazing things […]
Trading USD/JPY. USD/JPY is traded in amounts denominated by the base currency, the US Dollar. Standard lot sizes are 100,000 units of USD and mini lot […]
Important Economic Indicators for the JPY. Gross Domestic Product – This measures the economic activity of Japan. It indicates whether the economy is red hot like lava […]
Getting to Know the JPY. The yen is so hardcore that it didn’t want to be named anything else. It came into the foreign exchange market […]
Japan: Monetary & Fiscal Policy. While the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has been around since the late 1800s, only recently did the BOJ gain independence from the Ministry […]
Japan: Economic Overview Aside from being the video game capital of the world, Japan’s economy is ranked as the third-largest in the world. Since the end […]
Japan. Konichiwa! Located in East Asia, Japan is an archipelago of 6,852 islands, although a majority of its landmass is accounted for by the 4 largest islands. […]