European auto registrations popped in January and have continued to build on that strong gain. Monthly registrations are up for four consecutive months. Annual gains are in the 7% to 10% range consistently in 2015 (three months in). [...]
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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| Apr 16 2015European Auto Registrations Rise Again
- Global| Apr 15 2015
EMU Trade Surplus Unbalances Global Growth
With global growth sputtering and the euro plunging on foreign exchange markets, the EMU region's trade surplus has reached its second highest point in at least the last 16 years. While everyone is obsessed about how low the euro can [...]
- Global| Apr 14 2015
Rising European Output Struggles to Make Annual Gains
European Monetary Union (EMU) industrial production (excluding construction) rose a smart 1.1% in February, its strongest gain in eight months. Manufacturing output rose by 1.2%, its strongest gain in eight months as well. Still, [...]
- Global| Apr 13 2015
Japan's Retail Sales Rise in February But Can't Shake Weak Trends
Japan is still a struggling economy that has tried various measures to jump start growth while also trying to regain fiscal control. The combination has been frustrating and that frustration continues as retail sales creep higher in [...]
- Global| Apr 10 2015
EMU IP Makes Progress Amid Unevenness
The European economics continue to show a good deal of interregional disparity, but for the most part trends in production are improving. In the EMU in February only three of the early reports showed monthly IP declines, down from [...]
- Global| Apr 09 2015
German IP Steps Up in February Despite Downward Revisions and 12-Month Drop
German economic data have become a bit more confused recently. Yesterday German orders data were decisively downbeat with what leadership there was coming from an unexpected source, the consumer sector. In today's industrial output [...]
- Global| Apr 08 2015
Germany Shows Unexpected Weakness and Divergence
Recent German and EMU data have been on an upswing. This month's German orders report is a divergence from that. Its weak results are unexpected with orders falling for the second month in a row and lower on balance over a broad [...]
- Global| Apr 07 2015
EMU Services Sector Is the Backbone of Recovery
The chart on the left underscores the relationship between the services sector and consumer confidence. The two series have moved in a near lockstep phase over the last five years and seem to have become more closely linked over the [...]
- Global| Apr 06 2015
Global Economy's Manufacturing Sector Struggles
Globally the manufacturing sector is struggling. In March, 11 of the 17 countries/units in the table showed declines their respective manufacturing PMIs. Moreover, 8 of these 17 entities have PMI readings below 50, indicating [...]
- Global| Apr 01 2015
Japan's Tankan Results Show Little Progress in Q1 2015
Japan's Q1 2015 Tankan report shows little progress for the overall economy. The al industry reading nudges up to 16 in Q1 2015 from 14 in Q4 2014. The all industry outlook also edges up to 14 from 12 in Q4 2014. The closely-watched [...]
- Global| Mar 31 2015
Unemployment Rates Still Drop in Euro Area
Germany remains a world apart from the rest of the European Monetary Union members as its unemployment rate is less than half the average for the community. Germany's rate was steady in February as the rate fell in the EMU. In the [...]
- Global| Mar 30 2015
EU Indices Improve in March
The EU Commission indices for the EU and EMU showed improvement in both regions in March. For the broader EU regions, the index of sentiment gained 0.9 points mostly on the back of improved retail sentiment and improved consumer [...]
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