There are always several different views of the reality of economic analysis and forecasts. Each observer has a different, or parallax, view reflecting different interests, expectations or methods of analysis. Still, there are certain [...]
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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| Oct 01 2020Japan's Tankan Escapes the Deep Dive of Pessimism
- Global| Sep 30 2020
German Retail Sales Continue to Revive
While the virus is loose again in Europe, German retail sales logged a solid monthly gain rising by a strong 3.4% in August and propelling sales well above their pre-pandemic levels. Retail sales ex-autos are up by 6.6% from their [...]
- Global| Sep 29 2020
EU Indexes Continue to Claw Their Way Back with Speed But from the Depths
This month the EU indexes for the EMU area rose to 91.1 from 87.5; another strong month-to-month gain. There were improvements in all sector segments month-to-month. With services making a very strong gain, notching a five-point (net [...]
- Global| Sep 28 2020
Finland's Sector Confidence Indicators Waffle
Finland's EK sector survey shows a great deal of lingering weakness in Finland despite some clear signs of revival in progress. The diffusion data by sector rank retailing as the strongest with a September value of 7 followed by [...]
- Global| Sep 25 2020
Money and Credit Growth Both Slow After Spurt; And Now It Is the Virus that Is Spurting
The surge in EMU money and credit growth is passing. Gobs of monetary stimulus and fiscal actions are past their peak at least for now and probably for good. Central banks and fiscal policy cannot keep dipping so deeply in the same [...]
- Global| Sep 24 2020
IFO Sectors Rebound... But With Restraint
The IFO index and its two principal components, the current index and expectations index, all improved in September. The sector responses showed an improvement in manufacturing and some weakness in services but not quite as much [...]
- Global| Sep 21 2020
Sharp Recovery in Belgian Consumer Index That Remains Quite Weak
It has been the nature of this recession and of the public reaction and of the government tactics to fight the virus that economic indicators have been put through their paces in a way we have never before seen. We see that in the [...]
- Global| Sep 21 2020
Sharp Recovery in Belgian Consumer Index That Remains Quite Weak
It has been the nature of this recession and of the public reaction and of the government tactics to fight the virus that economic indicators have been put through their paces in a way we have never before seen. We see that in the [...]
- Global| Sep 18 2020
Canadian Retail Sales Get Back All Recession Losses Then Some
Canadian retail sales rose by 0.6% in July, a striking deceleration from their gains of 22.7% in June and 21.2% in May. Sales are now back to and above their pre-covid-19 levels; that virus that caused substantial backtracking in the [...]
- Global| Sep 18 2020
Canadian Retail Sales Get Back All Recession Losses Then Some
Canadian retail sales rose by 0.6% in July, a striking deceleration from their gains of 22.7% in June and 21.2% in May. Sales are now back to and above their pre-covid-19 levels; that virus that caused substantial backtracking in the [...]
- Global| Sep 18 2020
Canadian Retail Sales Get Back All Recession Losses Then Some
Canadian retail sales rose by 0.6% in July, a striking deceleration from their gains of 22.7% in June and 21.2% in May. Sales are now back to and above their pre-covid-19 levels; that virus that caused substantial backtracking in the [...]
- Global| Sep 17 2020
European Car Registration Comeback Falls Short
The graph clearly depicts two recent hammer blows to European car registrations. The first came in the wake of the emissions scandals in 2018. The second, of course, is the recent episode with the coronavirus, the ensuing recession, [...]
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