The EU index continues to run stronger than the EMU index in the EU Commission index framework. The overall EU index stands in the 70.1 percentile of its historic queue while the EMU index stands in the 61.4 percentile of its queue. [...]
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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| Aug 28 2015EU/EMU Indices Rise in August-Ho Hum
- Global| Aug 27 2015
French Business Climate Holds Recent Gains
The INSEE business climate indicator was at 103 in August, the same level as July and May, compared with June's lower reading of 100. Through March of this year, the index has been fluctuating in a range of 99 to 100. In May, the [...]
- Global| Aug 26 2015
U.K. Retail Sales Perk Up
The CBI survey of UK retail sales advanced in August even though sales had been expected to weaken. And sales expected for the month ahead, September, have surged and stand above their 12-month average. U.K. sales in August posted a [...]
- Global| Aug 25 2015
German Ifo Rose in July But All Is Not Rosy
The German Ifo index rose in July by one point. Two of its four sectors also rose and two withered. Rising were manufacturing by 0.4 points and wholesaling by an eye-popping 6.6 points. Wholesaling includes the important German export [...]
- Global| Aug 24 2015
Finland's PPI Continues to Show Declines; Will World Events Accelerate It?
Finland's PPI was flat in July, but it is still falling at a 2.3% annual rate over three months. The index was up at a 2.1% pace over six months but lower by 1.1% over 12 months. Finland continues to experience downward prices [...]
- Global| Aug 21 2015
Euro Area Makes Some Progress; Flash PMIs Advance
The euro area showed some progress for its private sector in August. The EMU PMI advanced to 54.1 from July's 53.9. It's hardly a rousing gain, but it keeps some sense of upward momentum in the indicator. In August the EMU [...]
- Global| Aug 20 2015
German PPIs Get Up and Go, Got Up and Went; German PPI Remains Weak
The German PPI has reversed its course to higher rates of expansion to go dead flat in July. Manufacturing producer prices are flat. Ex-energy the manufacturing PPI is up by 0.1%. Indeed, over three months, the PPI is falling and [...]
- Global| Aug 19 2015
Japan's Trade Deficit Continues to Be Nettlesome
The chart shows that after a period of deficit narrowing, there is a re-imposition of a trend to having trade deficits widen over the last five months. However, a look in the table and at moving averages shows that deficits are lower [...]
- Global| Aug 18 2015
U.K. Inflation Perks Up
U.K. inflation has begun to show some pressure. The long-term chart of U.K. inflation trends still looks tranquil. The monthly gains on the HICP and the RPI (and RPIx) all are at a modest 0.2%. However, the progression of inflation [...]
- Global| Aug 17 2015
Japan's GDP Sinks in Q2
Japan's GDP fell by 1.6% at an annual rate in Q2. The drop off, after sharply higher growth in Q1, comes despite a huge stimulus program that Japan has in place (Abenomics). Despite the setback to quarterly growth, year-over-year [...]
- Global| Aug 14 2015
Euro Area GDP Simmers As Do Troubles
In the European Monetary Union, growth continues to be sluggish. Overall EMU-18 growth slipped to 1.3% (annualized) in Q2 from 1.5% in Q1. The year-over-year growth rates, however, have progressed, rising to 1.2% in Q2 from 1% in Q1, [...]
- Global| Aug 13 2015
Japan's Orders Continue to Disappoint
Machinery orders in Japan rose by a robust 5% in June. But their three-month growth is still -10.1% at an annualized rate and year-over-year orders are lower by 3.2%. The more closely-watched core orders fell by 7.9% in June, falling [...]
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