German financial experts continue to see weakening conditions in Germany. The current index fell from 10 to 5.4 and expectations edged down to -15.7 from -11.5. At these levels the current index is stronger about 35% of the time [...]
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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| Nov 13 2012German Zew Survey Weakens
- Global| Nov 13 2012
German Zew Survey Weakens
German financial experts continue to see weakening conditions in Germany. The current index fell from 10 to 5.4 and expectations edged down to -15.7 from -11.5. At these levels the current index is stronger about 35% of the time [...]
- Global| Nov 09 2012
BoF Survey Shows Weak French Economy Will Anyone Learn from Europe's Fate and France's Choice?
Who says it can't get any worse? President Francois Hollande has been met with an economy that has done progressively worse after he took office. While he has clamped an oppressive income tax (75%!) on the rich, he has not been able [...]
- Global| Nov 01 2012
U.S. Consumer Confidence: Sharp Improvement but Still Lacking
The Conference Board consumer confidence measure rose sharply to 72.2 in Oct from 68.4 in Sept. it was last higher in Feb 2008. The present situation is better in Oct too, rising to 56.2 from 48.7 it was last higher in Sept 2008. [...]
- Global| Oct 26 2012
German Expectations Begin to Get Hit Hard
By comparison with Italy, France and the UK, German consumers are feeling pretty good. Expectations are beginning to falter. But climate continues to show some very gradual improvement. German confidence in is the top 17% of its [...]
- Global| Oct 19 2012
Orders Struggle in France and Italy
Orders rose in August for both France and Italy. But growth rates continue to be challenged. For the moment France is keeping weakness away a bit better than is Italy. There are other differences too. For Italy domestic demand has [...]
- Global| Oct 17 2012
UK Unemployment Snakes Its Way Lower
UK unemployment measures have begun to bend lower. The drop in the number of claimants in Sept was unexpected. The unemployment rate is at the lowest level in more than a year as the labor market absorbed record number of workers [...]
- Global| Oct 10 2012
EMU IP trends turn mixed…just like the rest of EMU
Industrial output fell in August in Germany, Finland and in the UK. But for most EMU members listed in this table IP advanced. Over three months IP is up very strongly in Portugal (31.8% pace) and Greece (24.7% pace). France and Spain [...]
- Global| Oct 09 2012
German Output on Fading Trend Still Show Some Gain in Q3
With growth in the e-Zone under pressure and evidence that weakness has spread to the core zone nations German industrial output has contracted in August, falling by 0.5%. Output is down over 12-months by 1.4% but it registers [...]
- Global| Sep 26 2012
French Household Confidence Is Dipping Again
French household confidence edged lower in Sept to 85 from 86. At that level it is in the bottom 11% of all values back to Sept 1991. It’s a weak showing but not one that is continuing weaken that rapidly…still it is continuing to [...]
- Global| Sep 20 2012
EMU Services Falter Further As Mfg Trims Losses Europe As Part Of A New World Order: But Which Part?
The EMU FLASH PMI indicators moved in opposite directions in September. This should not be too much of surprise but neither should the results be misconstrued. And there is some danger in that. EMU is not stabilizing as much as it [...]
- Global| Sep 19 2012
Japan Indicators Show Softness
Japan's economic indices show faltering economic momentum. The economy-watcher gauge and its forward-looking measure are both easing. The NTC/Markit manufacturing sector gauge is weaker. The Teikoku manufacturing gauge echoes that [...]
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