The UK claimant count continues to make its slow turn to lower levels. The unemployment rate calculated from claimant data also is trending lower. However, a broader ILO survey has shown the opposite to be true. On the ILO measure the [...]
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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| Apr 21 2010UK Claimant Count Turns Lower Amid Reports With Conflicting Signals
- Global| Apr 21 2010
UK Claimant Count Turns Lower AmidReports With Conflicting Signals
The UK claimant count continues to make its slow turn to lower levels. The unemployment rate calculated from claimant data also is trending lower. However, a broader ILO survey has shown the opposite to be true. On the ILO measure the [...]
- Global| Apr 15 2010
UK Consumer Confidence Is Challenged By Electioneering
According to the Nationwide Building Society’s measure, U.K. consumer confidence fell in March by the most since July 2008 as the election due within weeks fueled Britons’ doubts about the economy. Small surprise that is: so much for [...]
- Global| Apr 14 2010
IP Rebound Screams Recovery
Even with that strong-seeming chart and rock solid 0.9% gain in February, manufacturing IP in the Zone remains some 14% below it past cycle peak. But eh current progress looks good as growth over 3-and 6-months have average a pace of [...]
- Global| Apr 12 2010
OECD LEIs Show Strongest Synchronized Revival Since 1975 Expansion
History tells us that gains this strong do not continue to accelerate like this for very long. Already the sequential growth rates are showing that the pace of growth is beginning to ebb even though the 12-month rates continue to [...]
- Global| Apr 12 2010
OECD LEIs Show StrongestSynchronized Revival Since 1975 Expansion
History tells us that gains this strong do not continue to accelerate like this for very long. Already the sequential growth rates are showing that the pace of growth is beginning to ebb even though the 12-month rates continue to [...]
- Global| Apr 09 2010
UK PPI Surges – Not What The Doctor Ordered
UK MFG inflation trends are still running hot with the release of the PPI for March. Commodity prices are still rising, adding to the pressure with Brent prices up by 7% in the March and other commodity prices rising as well. Coupled [...]
- Global| Apr 08 2010
Euro-Consumer Remains Sluggish
The Euro consumer is not helping to lead growth to the Promised Land. Retail sales came up lame in February after rising by just the thinnest margin of 0.1% in January. The growth rate for retail sales is steady over 3-and 6-months at [...]
- Global| Apr 07 2010
German Orders Hold Gains
German orders were flat in February as they held the 5.1% m/m gain from the month before. Foreign orders built on a 3.7% gain in January by rising an additional 1.8% m/m as domestic orders gave back 1.9 percentage points of their 6.7 [...]
- Global| Apr 05 2010
Money Supply Growth Begins To Shift – Is That All?
So far only the UK is showing a sharp shift in its rate of money growth. But the e-Zone is showing a small money growth revival. US money growth has been dropping very rapidly but is showing a hint of stability- still its sequential [...]
- Global| Apr 02 2010
Auto Sales In The Zone Come Back To Earth
Policymakers around the world have used the auto sector as a lever to try and pry growth out of their respective economies. It may seem strange that such a ‘big ticket item’ would be uses so universally, but that is partly the result [...]
- Global| Apr 01 2010
German Retail Sales Back-Track In February But Still Show An Uptrend Can It Last?
In terms of its broad trends German retail sales are beginning to do a bit better. The three-month rate of growth is better than the six-month rate of growth which exceeds the twelve month rate of growth. So the sequential growth [...]
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