German PPI drops as Brent oil prices continue to descend The drop in the German PPI brings several thoughts to mind. One of them is that ongoing price declines are not good with inflation already undershooting and the European Central [...]
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Robert Brusca
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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.
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Global| Sep 20 2019German PPI Drops in Step with Oil
- Global| Sep 19 2019
U.K. Retail Sales Weaken in August- But What About the Outlook?
U.K. nominal retail sales ticked up 0.1% in August while sales volume fell by 0.3%. The slowing was unexpected, but sales growth is still solidly in place. Nominal sales are up by 3.4% over 12 months and sales over six months are [...]
- Global| Sep 18 2019
U.K. Inflation Is Even More Tempered
High inflation is one less thing that the Bank of England has to worry above as the U.K. CPIH was flat in August, dropping its year-over-year pace to 1.7%, its slowest annual gain since November 2016. The 'core' excluding food, [...]
- Global| Sep 17 2019
ZEW Economic Expectations Largely Improve As Current Conditions Slip
Current assessments peaked around mid-2018, marking one of only four episodes of positive current assessments by ZEW experts since January 1999. Expectations had peaks just a bit earlier and have been falling steadily ever since. [...]
- Global| Sep 16 2019
French Retail Trends Turn Flat or Worse
Chart shows weakening auto sales and weakening sales of all industrial products including autos Retail sales volumes in France are showing some growth but very little strength. Total sales volumes are up by 0.3% month-to-month in [...]
- Global| Sep 13 2019
European Trade and Current Account Surpluses Expand
The EMU trade and current account positions shifted to post larger surpluses in July. Exports rose and imports were dead flat on the month. The trade surplus rose to 18.96 billion euros while the current account surplus moved sharply [...]
- Global| Sep 12 2019
Euro Area IP Falls for the Second Straight Month; IP Declines over 3 Months, 6 Months and 12 Months
EMU-area industrial output declined in July but fell by less than it did in June. Headline and manufacturing IP trends both show deteriorating trends from 12 months to six months to three months. Intermediate goods show the fastest [...]
- Global| Sep 11 2019
EMU Inflation Remains Low, Growth Weak; Focus in on Thursday's ECB Meeting
The early reporters of August's HICP that are ‘original' EMU members are listed in the table. EMU inflation is low; most member inflation rates are low and below the pace set for the EMU-wide HICP itself. There are no country level [...]
- Global| Sep 10 2019
EMU Member IP Declines Become Rarer in July- Does That Mean Something?
Manufacturing industrial production shows limited declines in July with only three of the early European reports showing drops (Germany, Italy and tiny Malta). However, there is not enough here to suggest that the period of weakness [...]
- Global| Sep 09 2019
Japan's Economy Watchers' Assessment Has Collapsed
Japan has many surveys and economic indicators. It can be useful to look at the economy from many different angles and to get some reports that are very topical but not so detailed and others that are very detailed but not so topical. [...]
- Global| Sep 06 2019
German IP Falls by 0.6%; Output Is Falling and Sequentially Decelerating
Germany's industrial output fell by 0.6% in July, having fallen for two months running. It has also fallen in three of the last four months with the only rise being a tiny 0.1% gain in May. This is a clear weak stretch for German [...]
- Global| Sep 06 2019
German IP Falls by 0.6%; Output Is Falling and Sequentially Decelerating
Germany's industrial output fell by 0.6% in July, having fallen for two months running. It has also fallen in three of the last four months with the only rise being a tiny 0.1% gain in May. This is a clear weak stretch for German [...]
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