Central banking has been through a number of ups and downs. Currently central bankers are under a good deal of pressure for the regulatory missteps during the financial crisis as well as what are construed by some as inappropriate [...]
Introducing
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 10 2014Credibility or Not Here We Come Central Bankers on Parade
- Global| Apr 09 2014
German Imports Finally Begin to Outpace Exports
German goods exports dove lower in February, dropping by 1.3% after a strong gain of 2.2% in January. Imports continued to rise with a moderate 0.4% gain after a surge of 4.1% in January. These forces combined to shrink the German [...]
- Global| Apr 08 2014
OECD LEIs Slow
The amplitude adjusted index for the entire OECD area was flat for the third consecutive month. But flat at a level above 100; growth goes on. The US and UK indices each ticked down on the month. China and Japan were flat. The EMU [...]
- Global| Apr 07 2014
German IP Rises-But Is It Enough?
The chart shows the main elements underlying the improvement in German industrial production. Both capital goods output in the output of intermediate goods are moving up at a brisk pace. Lagging those two sectors is consumer goods [...]
- Global| Apr 04 2014
German Orders Rise But Slow
German orders rose by 0.6% in February after the downward revision of January's gain from 1.2% to 0.1%. As a result, orders over three months are rising at just a 3.3% annual rate. That's up from the 1.7% pace over six months but only [...]
- Global| Apr 03 2014
EMU Services Sector Backtracks in March: Is That All There Is?
The services sector in the European Monetary Union edged lower in March to a level of 52.2 from a standing of 52.6 in February. The step back was small but interrupts an ongoing trend toward improvement at a time that recovery in the [...]
- Global| Apr 02 2014
EMU Producer and Consumer Inflation Points the Way Lower: Are We Worried?
Producer and consumer price trends continue to work lower in the European Monetary Union. At the same time, growth continues to be for the most part slow and uneven. These two trends put pressure on the European Central Bank to act. [...]
- Global| Apr 01 2014
Japan's Tankan Eases as Tax Anxiety Rises (Not an April Fools Joke)
Japan's much awaited Tankan report for large enterprises showed an increase for manufacturing firms in the first quarter to 17 from 16 in the fourth quarter. But nonmanufacturing firms saw an increase to 24 from 20 in the fourth [...]
- Global| Mar 31 2014
German Retail Sales Post Strong Growth
German retail sales are engaged in an unexpected pick up. Sales are up strongly for the two consecutive months. Sequential growth rates show clear acceleration in the retail sales spending patterns culminating in a 6.1% growth rate [...]
- Global| Mar 28 2014
Europe Continues to Make Progress
The European Union continues to make smart gains in March with its overall index of sentiment up by 1.2 percentage points. For the broader EU, the overall sentiment index has risen to 105.3 in March from 105 in February. EU industrial [...]
- Global| Mar 27 2014
Money Growth Prevaricates; EMU Credit Slips
New data available through February 2014 point to the continuing sluggishness in money growth and outright weakness in credit growth in the European Monetary Union. Mario Draghi, European Central Bank President, must wonder sometimes [...]
- Global| Mar 26 2014
The Con Game: Confidence Flattens at High Level in Germany; What about Elsewhere?
German economic climate for April in the GfK format has stalled out or paused at a relatively high value. Climate in Germany gets better than this less than 5% of the time. That makes this level an impressive standing. Economic [...]
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