Recent Updates
- New Zealand: Jobs Online (Jul), Retail Trade, Retail Sales by Region (Q2)
- China: Local Government Debt (Jul)
- Canada: Wholesale Trade (Jun)
- Germany: Tourism Statistics (Jun), Banking System Liquidity (Jul)
- South Africa: Leading Indicators (Jun), Domestic Bond Holdings (Jul)
- Switzerland: Regional Trade by Canton (Jul)
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Economy in Brief
U.S. Retail Gasoline Prices Decline
Retail gasoline prices fell to $2.82 per gallon last week...
U.K. Factory Orders Remain Solid...If Clueless
U.K. order books continue to hold ground, according to the CBI industrial trends survey...
FIBER: Industrial Commodity Prices Move Lower
The FIBER Industrial Materials Price Index fell 3.7% last month...
German PPI Fails to Ring Alarm Bells
Inflation trends in Germany continue to move up toward or to the 2% mark...
U.S. Leading Economic Indicators Continue to Strengthen
The Conference Board's Composite Index of Leading Economic Indicators increased 0.6% (6.3% y/y) during July...
Robert Brusca
Haver Analytics is pleased to bring Robert A. Brusca's comments on the state of the global economy to its clients.
Robert A. Brusca is Chief Economist of Fact and Opinion Economics, a consulting firm he founded in Manhattan. He has been an economist on Wall Street for over 25 years. He has visited central banking and large institutional clients in over 30 countries in his career as an economist. Mr. Brusca was a Divisional Research Chief at the Federal Reserve Bank of NY (Chief of the International Financial markets Division), a Fed Watcher at Irving Trust and Chief Economist at Nikko Securities International. He is widely quoted and appears in various media.
Mr. Brusca holds an MA and Ph.D. in economics from Michigan State University and a BA in Economics from the University of Michigan. His research pursues his strong interests in non aligned policy economics as well as international economics. FAO Economics’ research targets investors to assist them in making better investment decisions in stocks, bonds and in a variety of international assets. The company does not manage money and has no conflicts in giving economic advice.