French exports have relatively long lived and broad based declining trends across industries. This is very different from the German results also reported today that showed such strong orders from overseas. While Germany may have [...]
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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| Jul 06 2007French Trade Deteriorates While German Foreign Orders Soar
- Global| Jul 05 2007
Japan’s LEI Rose in May: Signal Still Uncertain
Japans May rise in its LEI is the second in a two months technically, but is still not very impressive. Most growth rates still show it declining (see chart and table). However, over two years the index does post an annualized rate [...]
- Global| Jul 05 2007
Euro Area Retail Sales Slow
German sales remain weak and its not all VAT at this point. Italy is weak. France is robust. Overall Euro area retail sales volume fell by 0.5% in May and are up by just 0.1% over three months and off by 0.2% over six months. Nonfood [...]
- Global| Jul 05 2007
Euro Area Retail Sales Slow
German sales remain weak and its not all VAT at this point. Italy is weak. France is robust. Overall Euro area retail sales volume fell by 0.5% in May and are up by just 0.1% over three months and off by 0.2% over six months. Nonfood [...]
- Global| Jul 03 2007
EU PPI and Core Rise by 0.3% in May. Should the ECB be Worried?
The ECB, like the Fed, prefers to talk in terms of a price measure broader than the PPI. The PPI is just domestically produced goods and therefore omit import prices and services prices - services are a big missing piece in any [...]
- Global| Jul 03 2007
EU PPI and Core Rise by 0.3% in May. Should the ECB be Worried?
The ECB, like the Fed, prefers to talk in terms of a price measure broader than the PPI. The PPI is just domestically produced goods and therefore omit import prices and services prices - services are a big missing piece in any [...]
- Global| Jul 02 2007
Tankan Shows Flatness Q to Q
Tankan forward-looking survey shows some weakness.
- Global| Jun 29 2007
EU Sentiment Reading is Strong in June at 114.9 but Off from 115.0 in May
The EU sentiment reading is strong in June at 114.9 but off from 115.0 in May. The accompanying charts plot the main component indicators for EU. Construction seems already to have hit a peak since it has been moving sideways for a [...]
- Global| Jun 29 2007
Chicago PMI Off at 60.32 from 61.7
The Chicago PMI is a good guide to the ISM but not infallible; often its strength overshoots the ISM. Still any reasonable reading of the historic relationship leaves you positive on the outlook for the ISM in June. The Chicago index [...]
- Global| Jun 29 2007
PCE Report is Weaker Than Expected With Good Inflation
Personal income +0.4% in May. Real PCE spending is up by just 01% in May as services spending falls by 0.1%. Core PCE +0.1% and +1.9% Yr/Yr. Consumption has a moderate contribution to growth in Q2 advancing by just 1.6% in the quarter [...]
- Global| Jun 29 2007
PCE Report is Weaker Than Expected With Good Inflation
Personal income +0.4% in May. Real PCE spending is up by just 01% in May as services spending falls by 0.1%. Core PCE +0.1% and +1.9% Yr/Yr. Consumption has a moderate contribution to growth in Q2 advancing by just 1.6% in the quarter [...]
- Global| Jun 28 2007
IFO Detail Shows Strong Readings but Slipping Momentum
Germany's consumer goods sector is losing momentum: current situation is still improving but expectations and orders have soured. Same picture for capital goods: current situation is still improving; expectations have gone flat while [...]
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