Factors Affecting Forex Market

Factors Affecting Forex Market Currency prices normally fluctuate around 100 pips on normal trading day. The Forex market normally will be more active during the period from Europe market start until New York market close. Currency prices are affected by a variety of economic and political conditions, most importantly interest rates, GDP, unemployment rate, inflation and political stability. Before any major economic data release, there will be an expectation figure expected by economists, Forex market will only respond accordingly if the figure release is far away from the expected figure. Governments sometimes participate in the Forex market to influence the value of their currencies, either by flooding the market with their domestic currency in an attempt to lower the price, or conversely buying in order to raise the price. This is known as Central Bank intervention. However, the size and volume of the Forex market makes it impossible for any one entity to "drive" the market for any length of time. Alvin Han is the editor of http://www.forex.labuan.net