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economist

[ih-kon-uh-mist] / ɪˈkɒn ə mɪst /
NOUN
statistician
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Nick Lichtenberg reports for Fortune on economist Tyler Cowen, who explains why a technological revolution that makes various services more plentiful and cheap may be uncomfortable for some but is exactly what the U.S. needs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

The lower mortgage rate “is helping on the affordability,” said Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, adding that rising incomes also lifted sales.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

"Anything but a rate hike at the ECB meeting would be a big surprise," said ING economist Carsten Brzeski.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

"I think it's an Elon Musk ego project," says Sinead O'Sullivan, an economist who has worked for Nasa in the past.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Roland G. Fryer Jr., the young black economist who analyzed the “acting white” phenomenon and the black-white test score gap, may be among the next.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt



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