Inflation Indicators

The phenomenon of inflation is manifested by price risings for goods and services. The inflation is calculated using some fundamental indices: The Consume Price Index (CPI) is used to determine the modifications in the prices of the goods and services The Producer Price Index (PPI) reflects the change of the value of prices for a limited number of producers. The intermediary producers and the final consumer must also be considered to determine the PPI. It is usually published in the second week of the month The inflation could be considered worrying...

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP is the most consistent and relevant indicator for the economy. However, don’t expect major changes on the short term because the evolution of this indicator. As a fundamental concept, the GDP is really important in planning the long term investments, along with the monetary politics. The two indicators are strictly correlated. The GDP is a trimester indicator, but its revised value appears every month. However, not the final value is the most important, but the first one (Advance GDP), being the most wanted and also the most difficult to anticipate. The GDP is the...

What is Forex?

The international currency trading market, also known as Forex is the place where the international currencies are exchanged. Forex is the biggest and most liquid financial market in the world, with more than 4000 billion dollars exchanged every day, and the numbers are still growing. A liquid market is the one where all the participants could execute transactions with a high volume and a reduced impact over the prices. The players could easily get in and out of the transactions, and we could say that liquidity is the most important attraction for the investors. You can...