The Euro-Area is beset with challenges all around. Italy's name comes into the mix of countries that could be hit by debt problems after Portugal and Spain and sometimes Belgium. It's like a market-based hit list in some 'B' movie... [...]
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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| Dec 23 2010Italian Economy: Challenged...Italian Spirit: Indomitable
- Global| Dec 21 2010
Japan All-Industry Index Recedes...BOJ Policy Stays The Same...Fiscal Policy Amounts To Crossed Fingers...
Japan's all-industry index for business fell to 95.9 in October from 96.1 in September. The construction and services (tertiary sector) improved in the month. But industry fell sharply, by 2% month-to-month compared to gains in the [...]
- Global| Dec 16 2010
Europe's FLASH PMIs: Are They A Flash In The Pan?
The services and MFG PMIs went their separate and opposite ways in the Zone in December. The MFG PMI rose by 1.26 points as the services PMI fell by 1.49 points. The MFG rise puts it in the top 12% of gains since the series' [...]
- Global| Dec 15 2010
Deck The Halls With Boughs Of Optimism? UK CBI Surveys Shows Upward Momentum, Then...
The distributive trades industry, a key intermediary sector, is showing upward momentum. Sales are up to a +21 net diffusion reading after slackening over two months. Orders rose sharply in the month also after a two month lull. Sales [...]
- Global| Dec 14 2010
Euro-Area IP Bounces Back-Part Way Will It Continue, And What Does That Imply For The Future Of The Zone Itself
EMU continues to be a bit of an enigma. Its economic data have held up, the OECD leading indicators project a slowdown. And, market treatment of Euro-area bonds has been rough, "R"-rated at least. Bonds get bashed - Today Spanish and [...]
- Global| Dec 13 2010
EMU And More Trends Are Cooling Off
The OECD LEI is off in October. For the US index there is still some uptick in October compared to September. But Japan's index is off by 0.4% despite increasingly consistent gains in the Nikkei stock index in Japan. Germany's index [...]
- Global| Dec 09 2010
Germany’s Inflation Rates Climb
More angst in Euroland- Just in case there wasn’t enough to worry about in the e-Zone, Germany is now building a mild head of steam for inflation. The Yr/Yr rate is 1.4% while the three-month rate is 1.9%. The e-Zone as whole has an [...]
- Global| Dec 08 2010
German IP Perks Up on Capital Goods
German IP picks up after drop - The pick-up in German IP is good news. Unfortunately it is still IP rising on the back of capital goods output. The capital goods sector is the backbone of the German export machine. Capital goods [...]
- Global| Dec 07 2010
Spain’s Recovery Is Short Cut
Spain’s economy is steadily losing ground. Industrial output made a recovery and began to show Yr/Yr increases but it is now backsliding. Real retail sales cut their recession losses and flirted with making Yr/Yr gains when [...]
- Global| Dec 07 2010
Spain’s Recovery Is Short Cut
Spain’s economy is steadily losing ground. Industrial output made a recovery and began to show Yr/Yr increases but it is now backsliding. Real retail sales cut their recession losses and flirted with making Yr/Yr gains when [...]
- Global| Dec 06 2010
U.S. Payroll Increase Is Disappointing While Jobless Rate Increases
Recent labor market improvement backpedaled last month. Nonfarm payrolls rose just 39,000 after an upwardly revised 172,000 October increase. The rise disappointed Consensus forecasts for a 142,000 gain. Also disappointing was the [...]
- Global| Dec 02 2010
Internal Divergence Accentuates European Financial Crisis Or…Hitting a Bull’s Eye in the Wrong Target
Symptoms Vs disease - When talking about the EMU and its financial troubles we speak of its banks and the interest differentials paid on government debt and a host of financial data. These financial indicators are the manifestations [...]
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