Robert Brusca Quotes


You don't need an economist to tell you how disastrous they look. - Robert Brusca



You count up the products (showing price increases) and you see there's a little more pressure just below the surface... The overall energy number showed a big decline. That covers up a lot of ills. But the PPI was the warning shot across the bow. With the CPI report we dodged the bullet. - Robert Brusca



You can't repeal the laws of economics. Wages in China are so cheap, that you'll never make labor cheap enough in the United States to compete with that. - Robert Brusca



You can make the case that bad things happen in October. - Robert Brusca



Worker productivity generally creates a scenario where employees realize they can begin to demand more for what they do. While the year-over-year productivity gains are still quite good, there is some evidence that wage inflation may be starting to creep in. The Fed won't like this. - Robert Brusca