Orders in the euro-area rose by 0.9% a very good showing after gains of 2.6% in February, 5.1% in March and now 0.9% in April. As a result of the sharp gain late in the first quarter the Q2 level has been boosted to show a 34% annual [...]
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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| Jun 24 2010Foreign Orders Break Out To Lead EMU Growth
- Global| Jun 23 2010
EMU PMIs Slow Ascent...MFG PMI Losses Ground
The PMIs are entering a more mature stage of the expansion and steady monthly increases will no longer be the rule nor will such monthly fluctuations be a 'bad signal,' just the result of normal fluctuation. From April to December of [...]
- Global| Jun 21 2010
Japan Sector Indices Show Improvement-Except Construction
Japan's all Industries Index rose today by 1.8% a bit less than expected but the strongest rise in several months. This move jolts the all industries index up to the 42nd percentile of its range, a sharp improvement from the 29th [...]
- Global| Jun 18 2010
Euro Orders In The Big Three
Euro orders: no fries with that burger...New industrial orders readings from France round out the total for the big three in EMU. France has showed the most recent weakness with an orders drop of 3.4% in April. After a jackrabbit [...]
- Global| Jun 17 2010
UK Retail Sales Show Improvement
UK retail sales rose by 0.4% in May as April sales were revised lower. The volume of ex-auto retail sales rose 0.6% from a month earlier and gained 2.2% on a year-to-year basis in May. The year-to-year increase was the strongest since [...]
The inflation picture looks worse than the inflation reality. The chart above shows headline inflation seemingly 'soaring' off to the races running at a 1.6% Yr/Yr pace. Notice the scale and the push is a bit less daunting. For 3-mo [...]
- Global| Jun 15 2010
EMU Exports And Imports Hit A One-Month Backtrack But Is The Surplus Really On A Sustained Declining Trend?
The seasonally adjusted and working day adjusted EMU trade balance improved in April widening to 1.39Bln surplus. Still, the trend is for the surplus to shrink. Growth rates show that exports and imports are building on the earlier [...]
- Global| Jun 14 2010
Euro-Area IP On An Upswing, Except For Consumer Goods
Industrial output in the euro-area is still putting out some good gains. This is despite the fact that the consumer goods sector continues to lag and to decline. Overall EMU output rose by 0.6% m/m in April after a gain of 1.8% in [...]
- Global| Jun 14 2010
Euro-Area IP On An Upswing, Except For Consumer Goods
Industrial output in the euro-area is still putting out some good gains. This is despite the fact that the consumer goods sector continues to lag and to decline. Overall EMU output rose by 0.6% m/m in April after a gain of 1.8% in [...]
- Global| Jun 11 2010
German Inflation Perks Up; Core Rate In Mild Rebound From Lows
The German harmonized inflation rate rose by 01% in May, Germany's domestic headline inflation measure fell by 0.1% with the core up at a sharp +0.5% offsetting last month's 0.4% drop. Headline inflation in Germany is steadily [...]
- Global| Jun 11 2010
OECD Leading Indicators Move Up But Slow Down
A slowing in growth: The overall OECD area leading indicator rose by 0.2% this month as the growth rate over three-months fell short of the six month pace and the six month pace fell short of the 12-month pace. Slowing is on schedule [...]
- Global| Jun 09 2010
UK Trade Deficit Ceases Progress Toward Lower Deficits
UK exports and imports each backtracked slightly in April after solid to strong gains in March. The upshot is that the flirtation with progress in deficit reduction has ground to halt and commenced a backtracking over the last two [...]
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