Japan's sector indices continue to turn higher in January. After a setback in December, the January all-industry index for Japan is moving back up. The level in January 2014 is above the level of November 2013, making the January [...]
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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| Mar 18 2014ZEW Expectations Take a Geopolitical Hit as EU Car Sales Zoom
In the wake of off-putting geopolitical news in Crimea, the ZEW German expectations index for March fell sharply to 46.6 from 55.7. Its current component continued to advance but did so very slowly. The current index moved up to 51.3 [...]
- Global| Mar 14 2014
German and European Inflation and the Dilemma-Zone
The chart shows the path of inflation for the three largest countries in the European Monetary Union (Spain is the fourth largest). It's clear from this chart that inflation for Germany, France and Italy tends to follow the same [...]
- Global| Mar 13 2014
Unemployment in Europe Is Stubborn...and Telling
There is no comparison between the drop in the US unemployment rate and the slow downward crawl of the unemployment rate in Europe. Of course, the US recovery has been ongoing while the European recovery is nascent. But that is part [...]
- Global| Mar 12 2014
EMU IP Drop Belies Widespread Strength
Industrial production in the European Monetary Union made a surprising decline in January. Yet, it only ticked down by 0.1% but that does mark two consecutive declines. Looking at manufacturing, we see a rebound of 0.3% in January [...]
- Global| Mar 11 2014
Italy and Europe Turn the Corner on Growth- But Slowly
Italian GDP edged up ever so slowly in the fourth quarter, registering a gain of 0.3% at an annual rate. Public consumption was up in the fourth quarter along with capital formation while net exports were a positive contributor as [...]
- Global| Mar 10 2014
IP Holds On To Recovery Trend...Can It Last?
More countries in Europe reported industrial production with the net result showing an upswing in Europe. In January, only three of these early-reporting countries in the table showed declines in output. Finland's 4.6% drop was the [...]
- Global| Mar 07 2014
German IP Picks Up Strongly As Consumer Goods Lag
Germany's industrial production in January rose by 0.8%, continuing a string of advances. Over the last three months, industrial production is expanding at a sharp 13.9% annual rate. That's up significantly from a 5.9% annual rate [...]
- Global| Mar 06 2014
German Orders Recover and Show Strength
German orders returned to their expansion path in January. Orders rose by 1.2% in January after slipping by 0.2% in December. Foreign orders rose by 1% while domestic orders advanced by 1.6% in January. Foreign orders rose for the [...]
- Global| Mar 05 2014
Services Mostly Turn Higher in EMU
The services sector in the European Monetary Union improved in February, registering a diffusion value of 52.57, up from 51.57 in January. The 12-month average for the diffusion metric is 49.94. The euro area has progressed to a point [...]
- Global| Mar 04 2014
EMU PPI Is Softer Faster-Is That Good or Bad News in This Troubled Time?
EMU producer prices continue to crash and burn. While the European Central Bank has its focus on consumer prices using the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), the ongoing drop in PPI prices will give the ECB plenty of [...]
- Global| Mar 03 2014
EMU PMIs Back-off: Worried?
The peculiar case of the EMU slowdown: Just as everyone has begun to agree that the European Monetary Union (EMU) is in a state of recovery, that recovery has begun to downshift. In Q4 much of the euro area emerged from a long, [...]
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