In Europe the trade picture deteriorated even as exports recovered strongly from their slump in July. Goods exports rose by 1% on the month, shaking off a 0.2% decline in July. Imports of goods, a series that had declined by a sharp [...]
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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| Oct 15 2010Euro Exports Regain Their Step But They Are Still Overtaken By Imports
- Global| Oct 14 2010
Euro-Area inflation begins to creep up...As US fears its rate is creeping lower - this should be interesting
Trends under the surface - The final inflation number for the Zone in September is not yet in and core readings are missing as well. But we can look at the inflation trend by perusing the various trends in a number of 'early- [...]
- Global| Oct 13 2010
IP Jumps In The Zone But It's Not Going Through Hoops
Euro-Area IP jumped in August. The 0.9% rise in MFG output follows a slide of 0.3% and drop of 0.2%. Those are the fist consecutive drops in IP for the Zone Since April of 2009. Through thick and through thin in this recovery one fact [...]
- Global| Oct 12 2010
Is Japan's Consumer Confidence Rebound Running Out Of Gas?
Consumer confidence in Japan slipped in September for the third month in a row. It is back at its level of April this year. Confidence ranks in the lower 40% of its long term range. Willingness to buy durable goods stands in the lower [...]
- Global| Oct 11 2010
OECD LEIs Point To A Slowing Global Economy...Meanwhile Currency Fears Boil Over Without Solution...
It could be worse, and maybe it will become so. But for now the OECD area is simply showing a slowing that is very widespread. But in the aftermath of this weekend's failed IMF meeting the global trade tensions have not been mended [...]
- Global| Oct 08 2010
Japan's Economy Watchers Index Sends Mixed Signals
Japan's recovery from its recession seems to progress from end 2008 according to the Economy Watcher's index. Since then index appears to have made a 'bunny-hop' recovery with its current phase being the down portion of the second [...]
- Global| Oct 07 2010
German IP Rises But Intermediate And Consumer Goods Slow Their Pace
German IP rebounds but slows - The German industrial production index rose strongly in August after a modest rise in July and a drop in June. As a result of that pattern IP is in a bit of a slowdown mode in terms of its sequential [...]
- Global| Oct 06 2010
German Factory Orders Only Make The Puzzle Harder To Solve...Germany Surprises As Orders Come Roaring Back
Growth scare is OVER! German factory orders spurted in August after giving growth a scare in July and dropping by 1.6% (revised and smaller drop than was first reported). While we know that within Germany retailing and consumer [...]
- Global| Oct 05 2010
US Services ISM And Euro-Area PMI Track
Both the EMU and US services indices backtracked in September. For the US the backtracking was only in activity as the headline for the Non-MFG PMI (not only services') did rise. The level of both the US and EMU sector barometers [...]
- Global| Oct 04 2010
Euro-Area PPI Stops Accelerating
The Euro-Area PPI has stopped accelerating in August. The Yr/Yr rate dropped to 3.5% from 4%. The sequential growth rates show steadily diminishing momentum for inflation. Capital goods and intermediate goods inflation rates are lower [...]
- Global| Oct 01 2010
German Retail Sales Tick Back Into The Plus Column
German retail sales ticked up ex-autos in August after two moths of sliding. Real ex-auto retail sales fell in August for the second month in a row. By category nominal retail sales are up for food and clothing and footwear over [...]
- Global| Sep 30 2010
Yr/Yr Inflation Edges Higher In The Zone...Central Banks Everywhere Feel The Pressure But What Pressure?
The headline rate of inflation that the ECB puts a ceiling on rose by 0.2% in Sept after rising by 0.4% in August. The three-month pace of inflation is an excessive 2.4% with the Yr/Yr pace at 1.8%, still below the ECB's self-imposed [...]
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