The UK economic and political drama continues to play out and, as it does, retail sales are withering. Boris Johnson is a step closer to being named Prime Minister. At the BOE meeting, policy was kept on hold as the bank cuts its [...]
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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.
Publications by Robert Brusca
Global| Jun 20 2019UK Retail Sales Backtrack Again But Maintain Forward Momentum
- Global| Jun 20 2019
UK Retail Sales Backtrack Again But Maintain Forward Momentum
The UK economic and political drama continues to play out and, as it does, retail sales are withering. Boris Johnson is a step closer to being named Prime Minister. At the BOE meeting, policy was kept on hold as the bank cuts its [...]
- Global| Jun 19 2019
Japan's Trade Deficit Worsens As Exports Decelerate Faster
Japan's trade deficit surged in May. The moving average of the deficit has worsened from 12-months to 6-months to 3-months. Exports are falling and are falling more rapidly from 12-months to 6-months to 3-months. Imports have been [...]
- Global| Jun 18 2019
Zew Expectations are Beaten Back Again
The Zew experts' assessments of the global economy have taken a set-back in June. The set-back is broad in nature across countries/regions and across the surveyed gauges that the Zew experts assess. After some stabilization the [...]
- Global| Jun 17 2019
Euro Area Labor Costs Rise Faster. UK Labor Cost Growth is Slow
Euro Area labor costs rise faster - Eurozone labor costs increased at a slightly faster pace in the first quarter, Eurostat reported Monday. Hourly labor costs grew 2.4 percent year-on-year, slightly faster than the 2.3 percent [...]
- Global| Jun 14 2019
Italian Inflation Stays Under Wraps...but Other Pressures Don't
Italy had a long legacy as a high-inflation weak-currency country when EMU was formed. There were always questions about how the high-inflation countries would evolve. How quickly would they adapt... would they adapt? Wrapping them up [...]
- Global| Jun 13 2019
EMU IP Continues to Erode
Sectors show some mixed consolidation after a long downward slide form early 2018. Weakness: In EMU Industrial production (IP) excluding construction (the headline series) has fallen for two months in a row and has not risen in three- [...]
- Global| Jun 12 2019
Japan’s Orders Surge in April
Japan's orders surged in April. Both overall and core orders rose briskly in April with each gaining more than 4% month-to-month. The paths taken by total and core orders are quite different, however, Total orders decline over [...]
- Global| Jun 11 2019
Economy Watchers Index Slips
Japan’s economy watchers index weakened in May after the current index showed some rebound in April. At a level of 44.1 the economy watchers current index was last weaker in June of 2016. The index has decelerated over 3-months [...]
- Global| Jun 11 2019
OECD LEIS Show Further Weakening
OECD LEIS Show Further Weakening. The Peril of Trade War Meets the Peril of No Trade War OECD LEIS weakened again this month and they continue to point to a broad slowdown. The OECD leading indicators decline on all broad categories [...]
- Global| Jun 07 2019
A German IP Report That Will Send Chills Up Your Spine
Germany's industrial production is lower across all sectors in April. It is also falling across all sectors over three months, over six months and over 12 months. Headline as well as manufacturing IP for Germany shows that IP is [...]
- Global| Jun 06 2019
German Orders Rise for Second Month in a Row But Remain Weak
Germany's real new orders rose by 0.3% in April, marking the second monthly rise in a row as orders rose by 0.8% in March. Orders last rose two months in a row in September-October of 2018. A rebound- but still weak While this news is [...]
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