Japan's economy continues to be weak. The government has downgraded its assessment of the economy. The Bank of Japan has downgraded one of its regions. The government is undergoing pressure as two ministers having just resigned under [...]
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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| Oct 21 2014Japan's All Industry Index Erodes
- Global| Oct 20 2014
Italian Orders Rebound but Go Nowhere
Italian industrial orders in August rose by 1.5% after a 1.5% decline in July. Foreign orders rebounded by 2.5% after a 2.1% decrease in July. Domestic orders rose by 0.7% after a 0.9% decline in July. The message here is that there [...]
- Global| Oct 17 2014
Vehicle Registrations Continue Annual Gains But....
European auto registrations continue their year-over-year gains in September, rising by 2.6% year-over-year. But this growth rate is slipping, falling from a year-over-year gain of 3.7% last month and of 4.6% the month before. Vehicle [...]
- Global| Oct 16 2014
Euro Area Trade Surplus Gets Bigger as EA Gets Weaker
The trade surplus in the European Monetary Union moved sharply higher in August at 15.8 billion euros compared to 12.7 billion euros in July. Imports won the race to the bottom as they fell by 3.1% in August, outpacing exports that [...]
- Global| Oct 15 2014
German Inflation Finalizes with Some Fizz
Despite the weaknesses in Germany's economic data and its just-released leading economic index, German inflation does not seem to be under as much downward pressure in September. The sequential growth rates for Germany's harmonized [...]
- Global| Oct 14 2014
ZEW Plummets; Putting Germany on the Recession Threshold
The ZEW current index, which had been so resilient, fell sharply in October, dropping to 3.2 from 25.4 in September. The expectations index fell into negative territory for the first time since November 2012. The current index is [...]
- Global| Oct 13 2014
Euro Is Still Too Strong, According to PPP
The best way to evaluate the relative strength or weakness of a currency is to assess it using purchasing power parity (PPP). According to this method, we take the euro area and its measure of its price level and compare it to another [...]
- Global| Oct 09 2014
The Other Shoes Fall; German Exports Buckle
In the game of baseball, there're three strikes and you're out. Fortunately, Germany plays football (soccer), not baseball. Germany has posted weak reports on industrial orders, industrial output and now for exports. This is a triple [...]
- Global| Oct 08 2014
OECD LEIs Show Weakness
The OECD leading economic indicator for the entire OECD area in August is unchanged from July and June at a reading of 100.4. This string of readings ticked higher from May when the level was 100.5. The U.S. has an unchanged reading [...]
- Global| Oct 07 2014
German Capital Goods Output Takes a Hit
German industrial production fell sharply in August, falling by 4% after rising by 1.6% in July. The sequential growth rates for output show widening declines from 12 months to six months to three months. Output is declining at all [...]
- Global| Oct 06 2014
German Orders Dive Lower
German new orders, seasonally adjusted and expressed in real terms, fell sharply in August. They are falling over horizons of three months, six months and 12 months. The August decline in orders of 5.7% was led by an 8.4% decline in [...]
- Global| Oct 03 2014
EMU Retail Sales Perk Up
Euro area retail sales in August snapped back sharply, rising by 1.2% after falling by 0.4% in July. The three-month performances boosted the growth rate to 4.9%, up from 0.6% over six months and 0.6% over 12 months. The growth of [...]
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