For only the second month in a row, Japan's all three METI sector indices are rising together year-over-year. The construction index is up 14% year-over-year and its rise has been gaining momentum until this month when the year-over- [...]
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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 2013Japan's Sector Indices Edge up in August
- Global| Oct 18 2013
Canada: Another Country Where inflation Remains Under Wraps; But How Much Does That Really Matter?
Canada's year-over-year CPI pace has expanded at a 1.1% rate in each of the last two months and has accelerated since November unlike inflation in the US and in EMU that has stabilized or moved lower. Yet inflation in Canada is still [...]
- Global| Oct 17 2013
UK Retail Sales Continue Their Strength
UK retail sales rose by 0.5% in real terms in September. That rise left the three-month growth rate for sales at 3.1% below its 4.8% pace for 3-months but above its 2.2% pace over 12-months. Sales are up at a very strong 6.1% annual [...]
- Global| Oct 16 2013
Italy's Trade Balance Improves
Italy's trade balance improved in August. Both exports and imports rose month-to-month in August with exports up by 3,3% and imports up by 1.0%. Italian exports show a sharp drop in `other goods' a category that fell by 23.8% year- [...]
- Global| Oct 15 2013
Germany's ZEW Index Advances Strongly
The two ZEW indices for Germany, one for current activity and the other for expectations, were mixed in October. The current index edged lower to a still strong 29.7 reading, while the expectation index, the most focused on, rose to [...]
- Global| Oct 14 2013
EMU IP Recovers Sharply in August
Euro-area industrial production advanced sharply in August, rising by 1.1% reversing a drop of 1% in July. Still, in the quarter to date EMU IP is rising at a 0.4% annual rate and much faster over the last three months. Over three [...]
- Global| Oct 11 2013
Euro Area Inflation Trends and What They Really Mean
The inflation situation in the European Monetary Union tells a lot about the ongoing stresses and strains in the system. The chart on the left shows the inflation performance for a group of countries that have had economic [...]
- Global| Oct 10 2013
IP in Italy and France Lags: How Sustainable Is This?
In Italy industrial production trends are weak while in France there is less sense of ongoing progress and there is a big setback over the past few months. French IP is falling at an 8.3% annual rate over three-months compared with [...]
- Global| Oct 09 2013
German IP Rises as EMU-wide IP Stirs
German industrial production rose by 1.4% in August after falling by 1.1% in July. All three-major sectors reversed declines in July to advance in August. In the quarter-to-date, German IP is rising at a 2.8% annual rate, led by a [...]
- Global| Oct 08 2013
German Orders Fall for the Second Month in a Row
There is some consternation this morning that German orders fell in August. The drop of 0.3% was small but it makes the second drop in a row and that reduces the year-over-year growth rate to 3%. Should we be worried? While I remain [...]
- Global| Oct 04 2013
EMU PPI Edges Higher
The EMU-wide PPI is now rising over three months; but it is still falling over six months and 12 months. Despite the fact that PPI's falling faster over six months than over 12 months it is advancing over the most recent three months. [...]
- Global| Oct 03 2013
EMU PMIs Continue to Advance in Services
The EMU services PMI rose to 52.18 in September from 50.69 in August. This marks only the second month in a row that the EMU service sector is expanding. Previously January 2012 was the last observation above 50. At this level the EMU [...]
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