French industrial orders build on May acceleration. As the Euro area growth seemed to sputter in Q2, various indicators weakened as well. And GDP in the Euro area was below expectations in Q2. Certainly the VAT hike in Germany, the [...]
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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.
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Global| Aug 20 2007French Industrial Orders Pop in June
- Global| Aug 17 2007
German PPI Steadies at Above 2% Pace
Trends in German producer prices are partly favorable. Excluding energy, manufacturing PPI trends are sideways. The year-over-year rate has showed a slight downtrend while the six-month rate has popped up and the 3-month rate has [...]
- Global| Aug 17 2007
German PPI Steadies at Above 2% Pace
Trends in German producer prices are partly favorable. Excluding energy, manufacturing PPI trends are sideways. The year- over-year rate has showed a slight downtrend while the six- month rate has popped up and the 3-month rate has [...]
- Global| Aug 16 2007
HICP is Losing Momentum
Inflation trends are peaking and falling in the Euro area with the key core measure. Still that core measure is hugging the 2% ceiling rate for the overall HICP. While Year/year inflation is lower and 3-month inflation is lower [...]
- Global| Aug 16 2007
UK Real Retail Sales Pop in July
In the new third quarter, UK real retail sales excluding autos were up strongly - in July. Real retail sales are rising at a 7% annual rate in the new quarter. Real ex-auto retail sales are ramping up in terms of 3-month and 6-month [...]
- Global| Aug 14 2007
French Long-term HICP Trend Moves Lower
3-month inflation shifts much lower. French inflation trends show Frances contribution to the Euro areas inflation trends are middle of the road. France is still not in great shape but it is not one of the problem countries on the [...]
- Global| Aug 14 2007
UK Inflation Turns Sharply Lower
Inflation is slowing on a broad front in the UK in July - a quite unexpected development. Year/year, the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) is now below the 2% ceiling rate and suddenly that BOE inflation letter explaining why [...]
- Global| Aug 13 2007
UK PPI Trends are Pretty Flat
PPI a bit unsteady but moving sideways.
- Global| Aug 10 2007
Japan IP Rebounds in June but still has Uncertain Momentum
Industrial production in Japan has clearly been slowing down. But the three-month pace is showing more lift. Still, this is the volatile measure and its greater lift does not mean that will remain force. For the time being Japan [...]
- Global| Aug 10 2007
Industrial Production Slips and Slows in France
For the second quarter as whole, industrial production is off in France at a 1% pace. This drop is led by weakness in auto output that has fallen at a 9.2% annual rate in the quarter. But the output of consumer goods and intermediate [...]
- Global| Aug 10 2007
OECD Leading Indicators Point the Way Higher
Upswing is widespread. The OECD area is on an upswing led by the United States. That is the message from the OECD leading indicators. It is a reassuring one in the face of global credit concerns and equity market meltdown. Indicators [...]
The UK trade balance has remained fairly stable through all this volatility. The shorter growth horizons show that export growth has started to pick up at a fast pace than import growth. Yr/Yr exports are off a bit more than imports, [...]
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