Japan’s consumer confidence survey did not used to be monthly. That is why the chart shows its past as a quarterly report represented by unconnected dots co-joined with its new form in which the dots are connected month-to-month. [...]
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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| Feb 13 2008Japan's Consumer Confidence Very Weak
- Global| Feb 13 2008
IP Sinking in All Sectors
All EMU industrial sectors are seeing a considerable decline in their rates of growth for industrial output. Capital goods has been a strong sector in Europe and we have seen orders for capital goods holding up especially in Germany. [...]
- Global| Feb 11 2008
Italy’s IP is Sinking Fast…
Italy is the most troubled of the large EMU economies. It’s Industrial Output is declining on a clear downward trend. For its three major sectors, Consumer goods, Intermediate goods and Capital goods output trends are declining over [...]
- Global| Feb 11 2008
French IP Rebounds Without Enthusiasm
France's IP was kicked down in November as a transit strike slowed the France economy. A December rebound was expected. But the rebound is less that the November drop, stirring suspicions that growth may be more fundamentally impaired [...]
- Global| Feb 11 2008
French IP Rebounds WithoutEnthusiasm
France's IP was kicked down in November as a transit strike slowed the France economy. A December rebound was expected. But the rebound is less that the November drop, stirring suspicions that growth may be more fundamentally impaired [...]
- Global| Feb 08 2008
Economy Watchers to Very Deep Depths…
Japan’s Economy watchers Index and the Teikoku Indices show the weakest economic readings in five years. The economy watchers indices are down to values of around 30 to 36. And while they are the weakest we have seen in 5 years they [...]
- Global| Feb 08 2008
OECD Leading Indices Drop: Except Japan
The OECD indices sure do look like ‘slowdown’ but with the exception of Japan, the indicated weakness is not yet that severe. In the case of Japan, while the OECD reading had been severe, its low point has passed as Japan’s signal now [...]
- Global| Feb 08 2008
German Output in Slight Slowing
German output shows signs of slowing. The sequential growth rates in the table demonstrate that growth has slowed steadily from 12-mos to 6-mos to 3-mos. Output of consumer goods, weak over the entire period has weakened further in [...]
- Global| Feb 07 2008
UK Industrial Production Growth Slows to a Crawl
UK industrial production slowed sharply in December and major trends are all pointing lower. IP in December was weaker than had been assumed in the UK GDP report, raising the possibility that GDP could be revised lower. The quarterly [...]
- Global| Feb 07 2008
French Trade Flows Slow; Imports Drop Sharply
The French trade trends show a declining profile in both the export and import rates of growth. French export growth shows faltering growth trends across its main categories except motor vehicles that rose over three months as well as [...]
- Global| Feb 07 2008
German Orders Still Strong, but More Are Disbelieving
German orders for December were stronger than expected, a mild positive surprise to markets. With the economy showing weakening signals and the euro strong, sentiment is shifting to look for some weaker results. As a result the spin [...]
- Global| Feb 06 2008
French Retail Sales Trend Slips
French sequential growth rates are working their way lower for the volume of total retail sales. Passenger car registrations have, however, picked up a bit. The spike up in car registrations has to do with some changing regulations in [...]
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