French industrial output is up strongly on the heels of weak numbers from Germany and the UK and with ongoing weakness in Italy. In France, industrial production jumped by 1.3% in July, boosted by autos, a sector that had been weak. [...]
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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| Sep 10 2007French IP Bucks Trends with Large Gain
- Global| Sep 10 2007
Italy’s GDP Snakes Below 2% Year-over-year
GDP slows, private consumption holds up, capital formation slows. GDP is slowing in Italys quarterly and annual framework. Private consumption has been holding up and even improving slightly, but remains at a subdued pace around the [...]
- Global| Sep 07 2007
Industrial Production Growth Slips in Germany
The ratchet lower in German production follows the sharp weakening in German industrial orders. The sequential growth rates in the table below do not show the slowing due to base effects (in April). The table shows that IP was soft in [...]
- Global| Sep 07 2007
OECD LEIs Show Upswing Has Topped Out…in July
The OECD leading indicator tells a solid story of business expansion past and future. The current reading is not quite what we would like, however. The rise in these indicators that came on a six month change basis - in March of [...]
- Global| Sep 07 2007
OECD LEIs Show Upswing Has Topped Out…in July
The OECD leading indicator tells a solid story of business expansion past and future. The current reading is not quite what we would like, however. The rise in these indicators that came on a six month change basis - in March of [...]
- Global| Sep 06 2007
UK IP on Extended Fading Growth Trend
UK industrial production trends are not uniform. Consumer durable and nondurable goods output has been steadily - and in the recent period - strongly expanding. That makes the UK unlike most EMU countries with its strong consumer [...]
- Global| Sep 06 2007
UK IP on Extended Fading Growth Trend
UK industrial production trends are not uniform. Consumer durable and nondurable goods output has been steadily - and in the recent period - strongly expanding. That makes the UK unlike most EMU countries with its strong consumer [...]
- Global| Sep 05 2007
Service Sector Indexes for Euro area and the UK
Service sector trends are still rising in the Euro area and the UK. The services industry eased in August in the Euro area, if below the Zones 3-month average, but not by much. If these indexes are a litmus test on how much the [...]
- Global| Sep 05 2007
EU Retail Trends: At Odds
Euro area sales trends point lower. Food as well as nonfood trends are on the decline. These trends are weighted significantly toward the trends for Germany where the recent deterioration is severe. The UK (an EU not EMU member) and [...]
- Global| Sep 04 2007
Euro area PPI ex Energy is Excessive but Slowly Behaving
The EMU ex-energy PPI inflation rate is excessive. It is up by 0.2% in the month and at a 2.4% pace over three-months. Still over six-month its pace had been 3.2%. That deceleration is a hopeful sign, but it still leaves the pace of [...]
- Global| Sep 04 2007
Euro area PPI ex Energy is Excessive but Slowly Behaving
The EMU ex-energy PPI inflation rate is excessive. It is up by 0.2% in the month and at a 2.4% pace over three-months. Still over six-month its pace had been 3.2%. That deceleration is a hopeful sign, but it still leaves the pace of [...]
- Global| Aug 31 2007
German IFO Detail Slows Some Slippage Amid Strength
In the German IFO framework the biggest slippage seems to be in orders on hand, month-to-month demand, and business expectations. These measures have dropped into the 60th to 70th percentile ranges of their respective histories. These [...]
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