Japan's machinery orders fell by 8.3% in November as core order slipped by 3% falling for the third month in a row. Domestic orders continued to be very erratic and are weaker at only half the growth for foreign orders over the past [...]
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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| Jan 13 2011Japan Machinery Orders Disappoint
- Global| Jan 12 2011
Euro-Area IP Surges in November
Tale of two... Euro-Area IP is a tale of two trends. One trends applies to capital goods output which seems strong and firmly ensconced in a still accelerating uptrend. There is euro-optimism for you. The other trend is lower and is [...]
- Global| Jan 11 2011
Japan LEI Gains Some Traction
Japan's LEI has been gaining some traction. It shows a more complete recovery in gear than does the OECD LEI which has not rebounded as much in the last year or so as the Japanese national gauge. Japan's own LEI gauge shows a recent [...]
- Global| Jan 07 2011
EMU Does Better Than Expected; Germany Best Of All
German IP fell in November dropping by 0.7% following a surge of 3% in October. While the growth rate is half that for Yr/Yr growth it remains about the same for three months as for six months, and those rates are still fairly strong. [...]
- Global| Jan 06 2011
EMU Does Better Than Expected; Germany Best Of All
EMU confidence rose in December reaching the 70th percentile in its queue of values and topping its average by over six percentage points. Germany, France, Italy and the UK are the EU members in the table whose overall sentiment [...]
- Global| Jan 05 2011
Euro-Area Orders Slow
Both domestically motivated and foreign motivated orders are in a declining trend in the Euro-Area. The standard deviation o f the monthly percentage change in orders in 2010 has been 3.2 percentage points. Taken alone booth domestic- [...]
- Global| Jan 04 2011
Household Confidence Erodes In France
France's Household confidence indicator had been creeping higher until December. Its backtracking was unexpected. The index made a steady recovery from its low of December 2008 through Jan 2010 then it fell and has since mounted a [...]
- Global| Jan 03 2011
EMU MFG PMIs Show Strength
EMU PMIs are in a clear revival despite concerns about austerity in 2011 and market-related financing concerns. This week the Zone's access to market credit is tested as several issuers hit the finical trough for sustenance. Against [...]
- Global| Dec 30 2010
EMU PPI Trends Deteriorate
It doesn’t matter that the PPI is accelerating in most Zone countries...or does it? The PPI has been rising rather rapidly for several months across a broad array of EMU nations. Over three-months the PPI is accelerating compared to [...]
- Global| Dec 29 2010
Tight Money Isn't Funny
OK. We know Europe has gone Teutonic on fiscal consolidation. So what is monetary policy doing to make sure that the financial austerity does not get out of hand and quash growth? Ohh, it's contracting. Isn't that special? Inflation [...]
- Global| Dec 28 2010
French GDP Growth Is Trimmed Back
Despite some slight downward GDP revisions, the chart shows that France's economic recovery is still in train, with both GDP and household consumption rising at an accelerating pace. The sense of acceleration is slowing, however. [...]
- Global| Dec 23 2010
Battle Of The Bulge?...Belgian CPI Bulges
The Belgian CPI continues to run a bit hotter than the CPI for the Euro-Area as a whole. The 0.5% rise in December is high and the 12-month pace of 3.1% is uncomfortable. Over 12 months to Oct the EMU pace is 1.9%. On that same [...]
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