Japan’s exports show a withering trend as Japan’s imports continue to rise at a brisk pace. Export and import price indexes, however, show that export volumes are being maintained better than the nominal figures tell us as export [...]
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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| Jan 24 2008Japan’s Imports Hold Up As Exports Slow
- Global| Jan 23 2008
European Orders Surprise with a Spurt in November
With various country indices showing slowing the EMU orders aggregate for November rose and was surprisingly strong showing a gain of 2.7% following a rise of 2.5% in Oct. Two months into Q4 data show total MFG orders rising at a [...]
- Global| Jan 22 2008
UK Industrial Sector Shows no Sign of Weakness, but Hints at Inflation
UK orders are holding in positive territory, but not by much. Order volumes expected in 3-Mos snapped back in January. Prices are staying very strong in the range in the top seven percent since end 2000. Export orders did tick back [...]
- Global| Jan 21 2008
German PPI: Oh, BEHAVE! …and it does
The German PPI was flat in December after a 0.9% surge in November. The ex energy PPI rose by 0.1% after rising by 0.1% in November and by 0.2% in October. No sign of second round effects here. While the EBC is worried about building [...]
- Global| Jan 18 2008
Japan MFG and Service Sectors still growing…but slower
Japans tertiary (services) sector index is a fresh release and it signals a modest rebound in activity in November as the sector index edges up to 100.6 form 100.5. Its growth rate (y/y) rises to 1.1% for a 0.9% in November, but is [...]
- Global| Jan 18 2008
UK Retail Sales Take a Hit
The hit to UK retail sales was severe enough to reverberate in the exchange markets where sterling suffered a set back in trading after the retail figures were made public. The chart tells the story without the benefits of numbers. [...]
- Global| Jan 18 2008
French New Orders Soften but Still Grow
French new industrial orders are lower in two of the past three months. Still, year over year orders retain solid upward momentum. The sequential growth rates, however tell a different story, one of a loss in momentum within the past [...]
- Global| Jan 17 2008
Exports Slowing in the Zone; Imports improving...at least Yr/Yr
Yr/Yr EMU import growth is now exceeding export growth. Import growth is creeping up at a faster pace while export growth is being damped and is faltering. But sequential growth rates within the past year shows that most components [...]
- Global| Jan 16 2008
RICS Survey Takes an Ongoing Dive
The UK economy continues to be a bit enigmatic. Unemployment is still declining. Economic activity seems to blow and cold. The financial chaos is threatening to take Northern Rock into the public domain. The economy is clearly [...]
- Global| Jan 15 2008
HICP is Rising in Many ECB Countries
Inflation is above the ECB top allowed mark in seven of nine early reporters in December, nearly 80% if them. Through November, 92% of the central 12 members of EMU have inflation running over 2%. That compares to 80% in October and [...]
- Global| Jan 14 2008
Euro Area IP Slows on Broad Front
Industrial output is dropping in November and more than offsetting the rise in October that followed another drop in September. The chart shows that while industrial output trends are ragged across sectors they are also losing [...]
- Global| Jan 11 2008
Japan’s Economy Watcher Index Measures Sink Sharply
The Economy watcher indices and the Teikoku indices are all at relative low points in their respective ranges. The headline economy watchers index is in the bottom 5% of its five year range. Still Japanese authorities say that the [...]
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