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Economy in Brief
U.S. Goods Trade Deficit Continues to Deepen in August
The advance estimate of the U.S. trade deficit in goods widened to $82.94 billion last month...
U.S. Energy Prices Were Mixed
Regular gasoline prices were unchanged at $2.17 per gallon (-17.9% y/y) in the week ended September 28...
EU Indexes Continue to Claw Their Way Back with Speed But from the Depths
This month the EU indexes for the EMU area rose to 91.1 from 87.5...
Texas Factory Sector Activity Picks Up As COVID-19 Cases Decline
The Dallas Fed reported in its Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey that the General Business Activity Index increased to 13.6% during September...
Finland's Sector Confidence Indicators Waffle
Finland's EK sector survey shows a great deal of lingering weakness in Finland...
Robert Brusca
Haver Analytics is pleased to bring Robert A. Brusca's commentaries 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.