Japan’s index of industrial output was revised lower. But the general growth trend remains in force. Year/year output trends are fairly stable at a moderate 2% or so rate of growth. Over six months, trends point lower; over 3 months [...]
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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| Mar 13 2008Japan's Industrial Sector Slows Down, Does the Economy?
- Global| Mar 13 2008
Japan Retail Sales: A Jump Then a Slowing
Japan’s seasonally adjusted headline sales spurted over six months then slowed over three months. The three-month slowdown however is at a slightly slower pace than year-to-year sales. On the quarter-to-date sales are better than [...]
- Global| Mar 12 2008
French Inflation Begins to Level Off in February
French headline inflation began to level off in February of 2008. The 12-month rate that rose to 3.2% in January from 2.8% in December held steady at that 3.2% pace in February. The ECB has a ceiling objective only for the inflation’s [...]
- Global| Mar 12 2008
Euro-Area IP Rebounds in January
In January Euro Area IP rose by a strong 0.9%. MFG output advanced at a 1.2% pace and even consumer goods output was strong with a gain of 0.8%. Consumer durables output led the advance within consumption with a rise of 1.9% in the [...]
- Global| Mar 12 2008
Japan GDP is Revised Lower
Japan’s GDP was revised lower in Q4 on weaker capital spending. Japan's gross domestic product increased a real 0.9% in the quarter during the October-December period, or 3.5% in annualized terms. That was lower than the original [...]
- Global| Mar 11 2008
RICS House Prices Continue to Drop to New Lows
The RICs survey by surveyors that tells the tendency of house prices to rise or fall is at its weakest level ever. The index is an up/down net balance reading and the balance of house prices falling is the largest negative excess over [...]
- Global| Mar 10 2008
ZEW Expectations Rise Again as Current Conditions Erode
The ZEW index continues to show erosion in the current conditions index but the forward-looking expectations portion of the survey is up for two months running. A year ago current conditions stood at 69.2 compared to 32.1 in March [...]
- Global| Mar 10 2008
Japan Machinery Orders Show Strength
Japan orders are showing signs of erratic rebound. Orders hit their cycle low early in 2007. Since then they have been rebounding irregularly. Foreign demand is showing the sharpest increase but the domestic/foreign order breakdowns [...]
- Global| Mar 10 2008
Economy Watchers Index Rebounds
Japan’s economy watcher’s index made a long awaited bounce in February. The future conditions index rebounded most sharply. The current conditions and current employment indices each made soft rebounds as well. The future index is now [...]
- Global| Mar 07 2008
German IP Sees Huge Lift From Capital Goods
German IP was a breath of fresh air in January. But it may not have been made in the best of circumstances. Capital goods output surged by 6.2% m/m possibly a result of special rules favoring investment that are phasing out. [...]
- Global| Mar 07 2008
OECD Composite Leading Indicators: Moderate Slowing
The OECD CLIs are largely still falling over the most recent three months, but generally the three-month drops are at a slower pace than the pace of the declines over six months. That is not the best news but it is good news of sorts. [...]
- Global| Mar 06 2008
Japan Economy Shows Weakening Sectors and a Weakening Outlook
The Teikoku indices show a weakening Japan economy. Just today Japan policymakers, commenting on the state of the economy, were saying that it is weak and did not know if the word ‘recession’ should be used in connection with it. The [...]
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