The European monetary area continues to show progress. This month each one of the five indicators rose month-to-month and for the 16 reporting members of EMU all but Slovenia and Cyprus reported month-to-month gains in their overall [...]
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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| Apr 27 2017EMU Sentiment Index Regains Its 2007 Level
- Global| Apr 26 2017
Japan's METI Indexes Show Ongoing Gains
Different strokes for different folks There are various Japanese indicators and some are available up through March. But here we are going to look at the updates through March to compared METI (indexes from Ministry of Economy, Trade [...]
- Global| Apr 25 2017
French Manufacturing and Service Sectors Weaken But Stay on Trend or Hold Recent Gains
The French manufacturing sector trend index is down to 1 in April from 3 in March. However, the recent-trend was up and the likely-trend was up on the month. The industrial price level reading has softened over the past four months [...]
- Global| Apr 24 2017
IFO Business Climate Improves; Current Situation Expands Solidly While Expectations Take a Step Back
The German IFO diffusion index signaled improved climate in April with an index that rose to 18.5 from 17.5 in March. The business situation improved to a net reading of 30.3 this month from 27.2 in March as current conditions in [...]
- Global| Apr 21 2017
Fresh Six-Year PMI Highs for Euro Area; Moon Shot, High Orbit Or Decaying Orbit?; Time to Play: 'Guess That Trajectory!'
You have to admit, it's getting better, it's getting better, All the time (it can't get no worse) Lennon and McCartney Well, of course, things can always get worse. But the euro area is getting better, and my reference to the famous [...]
- Global| Apr 20 2017
Japan's 'Trade Trends' Stabilize on an Unstable Foundation
Japan trade trends, broadly considered, seem to be stabilizing. At 172 billion yen, Japan's March surplus is lower than in February but higher than January and about 100 billion yen below its three-month average. But in broad terms, [...]
- Global| Apr 19 2017
EMU Trade Surplus Rises But Remains Moderate; Still There Is No Sign of Fundamental Deficit Adjustment in Europe
The EMU trade surplus popped up again, reversing part of last month's drop. Still, the surplus appears to be on a declining path. Apart from last month, this month's surplus is the smallest in 16 months. However, it is too soon to [...]
- Global| Apr 18 2017
Ireland's Trade Trends Struggle to Stabilize
Ireland showed a sharp gain in exports and a particularly explosive gain in imports in February. The import surge comes on the heels of a previous monthly collapse which takes all of the lift out of this latest gain. The sequential [...]
- Global| Apr 17 2017
Why Trump Backed Off on Manipulator Tags
Pursuant to the 2015 Act, Treasury in its report has found that no major trading partner met all three criteria for the current reporting period to be named a currency manipulator. Treasury also concludes that no major trading partner [...]
- Global| Apr 14 2017
Japan's IP Shows Broad-Based Resurgence
Japan's industrial output has bounced strongly in February, gaining 3.2% after a 2.1% January drop and making gains in two of the last three months. Combined mining and manufacturing output has growth rates skimming along at or above [...]
- Global| Apr 13 2017
HICP Prices Zoom Higher Then Reverse
In March, all of the original EMU members have at least reported headline inflation indexes except Austria which is left out of this table. What we see is that, as of March, Germany, the country traditionally running the lowest [...]
- Global| Apr 12 2017
Japan's Core Machinery Orders Advance in February
Japan's core machinery orders strip out the large lumpy projects that can dominate the series. The core orders are what's left. That series is up by 1.5% in February, reversing a 3.2% drop in January after a 2.1% increase in December. [...]
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