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Economy in Brief
U.S. Housing Starts Rise in May
Housing starts increased 3.6% (50.3% y/y) during May to 1.572 million units...
U.S. Import and Export Prices Surged in May
Export prices jumped 2.2% m/m (17.4% y/y)...
U.S. Mortgage Loan Applications Rebound
The MBA Loan Applications Index increased 4.2% (-20.6% y/y) in the week ended June 11...
Japan's Trade Surplus Withers As Nominal Exports and Imports Surge
Japan's trade surplus eroded to 43 billion yen in May from 84 billion yen in April...
U.S. Retail Sales Weaken in May
Total retail sales including food service and drinking establishments declined 1.3% during May (+28.1% y/y)...
Robert Brusca
Haver Analytics is pleased to bring Robert A. Brusca's commentaries on the state of the global economy to its clients.
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.