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 [...]
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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 14 2019Italian Inflation Stays Under Wraps...but Other Pressures Don't
- 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 [...]
- Global| Jun 05 2019
EMU PMIs Remain Weak; Heck…Nearly Everything Remains Weak!
The EMU shows both manufacturing and services weakening more or less progressively. Over three months there is minor improvement in the services PMI compared to six months, but the PMI rankings in the EMU place the headline PMI as [...]
- Global| Jun 04 2019
EMU HICP Gets Even Weaker As Unemployment Rate Hits New Cycle Low!
The chart may remind you, as it does me, of the groundhog that looks out and sees his shadow retreating to his burrow for another few weeks of winter weather. Is inflation making another major retreat? Waiting for inflation to [...]
Asian PMIs continue to weaken in May. The average Asia PMI reading weakened and the split between those getting weaker and those getting stronger month-to-month was divided at 50% again in May, just as it was in April. Weakness is [...]
- Global| May 31 2019
China's PMI Erodes; The Trade War Escalates
Globally PMIs are losing momentum. China had been seeing industrial decay early this year then it kicked out of that erosion with a jump in March. But that gain did not hold; the Chinese PMI was slipping again in May and dipping below [...]
- Global| May 30 2019
Japan's Trade Trends Show Some Life But It Is Temporary
Japan's trade deficit stays in place for the second month in a row although the deficit shrinks to 111 billion yen in April from 154 billion yen in March. Japan's average deficit measured over 12 months, six months and three months [...]
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