Introducing
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 09 2009OECD LEIS sink and signal a more impressive slowdown
- Global| Jan 09 2009
Industrial Output Falls Hard Across Europe
The bad news keeps on coming for Europe. Declines in industrial output are now reflecting the effect of what has been ongoing weakness in industrial orders. Output is down Yr/Yr in German, France Spain and the UK and the progression [...]
- Global| Jan 08 2009
EMU is on an All-time Low for Sentiment Manufacturing and Services Plunge
The table above summaries the overall EU and sector sentiment gauges. In the bottom panel the EMU and country indices are presented. The blue percentile panel presents the raw readings as a percentage in their all range of values. [...]
- Global| Jan 08 2009
Germany Posts Terrible Orders
German orders are plunging dropping by 6% in November, 6.3% in October and by 8.3% in October. That is quite a string of losing numbers. Order are falling at about a 50% annual rate in the fourth quarter an that is true of orders both [...]
- Global| Jan 07 2009
Euro Area PPI Inflation Drops Sharply...or Does It?
Short term inflation: dropping like a feather in a vacuum Like the HICP report the EMU PPI report shows a sharp ongoing drop in prices. Inflation has been cut sharply over short horizons. The headline (X construction) is dropping at [...]
- Global| Jan 06 2009
EMU Inflation: Now You See It; Now You Don't!
The EMU inflation rate fell sharply in December more sharply than have been expected. Headline inflation –the measure that the ECB sets a ceiling for -- is now below that ceiling of 2% at a Yr/Yr rate of 1.6%. A Yr/Yr rise of 1.8% had [...]
- Global| Jan 06 2009
Europe's Services PMI At New Low
The services PMI index for Europe fell to 42.06 from 42.47. All main reporting EMU members show very weak service sector indices. France is at an all time low (the data above date from May 2000 a period for which all these countries [...]
- Global| Dec 31 2008
Various Money Supplies are Showing the Impact of Stimulus
European money supply trends show that Yr/Yr money supply growth is steady or slowing slightly on a Yr/Yr basis (chart). Over other time horizons (see table) some stimulus is indicated. Inflation adjusted “real balances’ show a bit [...]
- Global| Dec 31 2008
Various Money Supplies are Showing the Impact of Stimulus
European money supply trends show that Yr/Yr money supply growth is steady or slowing slightly on a Yr/Yr basis (chart). Over other time horizons (see table) some stimulus is indicated. Inflation adjusted “real balances’ show a bit [...]
- Global| Dec 30 2008
Japan Manufacturing Collapses
Japan ’s Industrial output fell sharply in November. The 8.1% drop has driven the three-month growth rate to -24% at an annual rate. Declines sweep across the various categories. Transportation is down especially sharply given the [...]
- Global| Dec 30 2008
Italian Business Confidence Drops Like Stone
Italian business confidence has been weakening but has now hit extreme proportions. We are day by day getting confirmation that the economic signals are every bit as bad as the worst of our expectations for recession. We are looking [...]
- Global| Dec 23 2008
IFO Details Show Widespread Gloom in Germany
With the release of the new detail, the IFO headline has not changed but the report now reveals how impacted the whole of the survey is from the ongoing weakness and gathering gloom. Germany’s IFO headline at 82.6 in Dec. from 96.3 in [...]
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