Italy’s exports and imports both dropped on the month with exports dropping faster. As a result, the trade gap widened. But the gap has improved from its worst level at end of 2008. True, the deficit has expanded again from it best [...]
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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| Oct 16 2009Italy's Trade Gap Widens On Weaker Exports
- Global| Oct 15 2009
EMU HICP Drops in September Core Rate Remains in Subdued Trend
The EMU HICP fell by 0.1% m/m in September. The 12-month pace for headline inflation was -0.3%. The headline rate has not increased Yr/Yr since April. Headline inflation is choppy at a low level. Core inflation has been very steady at [...]
- Global| Oct 14 2009
DIHK Survey Points to Continued Improvement in German Economy
The DIHK survey, a poling of over 25000 firms by the German chambers of industry and commerce, is not conducted in Q3. So the fourth quarter’s -10 reading compares to the -17 reading from Q2. It is a net balance of opinion diffusion [...]
- Global| Oct 09 2009
OECD Sounds the All-Clear - Almost
OECD gets upbeat - The OECD is getting much more upbeat in its assessment of the world's leading economies. It now contends that they may now be recovering or growing after hitting the bottom of their respective economic recessions in [...]
- Global| Oct 08 2009
Bank Of France Business Indicator Continues Its Barnstorming... Still, Many Barns Lie Ahead
The Bank of France monthly business survey continues to show a strong uptrend. The overall industry sentiment index (in red at the bottom of the table) scored a reading of 92 up from 89 in August, a standing of 30% in its range of [...]
- Global| Oct 07 2009
German Orders Growth Extended
Order Trends: German new orders growth was extended as foreign orders snapped back after a one-month decline. Domestic orders fell by 1.9% after surging by 9.5% in July. Orders have been rising steadily, strongly, over the past six [...]
- Global| Oct 07 2009
German Orders Growth Extended
Order Trends: German new orders growth was extended as foreign orders snapped back after a one-month decline. Domestic orders fell by 1.9% after surging by 9.5% in July. Orders have been rising steadily, strongly, over the past six [...]
- Global| Oct 07 2009
German Orders Growth Extended
Order Trends: German new orders growth was extended as foreign orders snapped back after a one-month decline. Domestic orders fell by 1.9% after surging by 9.5% in July. Orders have been rising steadily, strongly, over the past six [...]
- Global| Oct 02 2009
PPI Points Way Higher for Euro Area Inflation
August’s EMU PPI excluding construction rose by 0.7% following a drop of 0.9% in July. Still the three-month growth rate (annualized) is now positive at 0.7% the six month growth rate is at -3.9% and the 12-month growth rate is at [...]
- Global| Oct 01 2009
Japan's Tankan Shows Up-Swing... And Less
Yes, Japan’s Tankan survey has legs and the rise in the various large company Tankan indices is ongoing. There is somewhat less vigor in the rise of the future improvement expected but it is still advancing at a solid pace and the [...]
- Global| Sep 30 2009
Consumer Confidence Spurts in UK
U.K. consumer confidence jumped in September by the most since 1995 as optimism about the economy’s prospects rebounded, according to GfK NOP. The index of confidence jumped by the greatest amount since 1995 and the level reading of [...]
- Global| Sep 29 2009
EU Index Rises For The Sixth Month In A Row, But...
The EU Commission indices for the EU area show that improvement continued in September. Still it was the smallest mo/mo gain since the string of increases began. As a percentage of their range of values the country specific readings [...]
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