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economist

[ih-kon-uh-mist] / ɪˈkɒn ə mɪst /
NOUN
statistician
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The move was followed by a speech from Paul Conway, the bank’s chief economist, who warned that firms appear eager to pass on rising costs quickly.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Washington is also seeking to limit the use of Asian technology within North America, according to William Jackson, a chief emerging markets economist at Capital Economics.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

Ruth Gregory, deputy chief UK economist at Capital Economics, said June's slightly lower than expected borrowing figure was "a rare piece of good news" for the new prime minister and his new chancellor John Healey.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

One Goldman Sachs economist examined the risk of those price spikes becoming normalized.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

I had long wanted to talk to an economist about some of the ideas I had come across in my reading.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

The paper says senior economists are warning that the new prime minister will need to raise taxes, or else risk failing to deliver on his raft of "bolder policy pledges".

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Some economists argued it was unnecessary and would weigh heavily on households and businesses in the struggling eurozone.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

Much of the harm comes from a concept that health economists like me call churn – the cycling in and out of insurance that many lower-income Americans experience.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

Many economists, however, believe the Fed won’t hike at all this year.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

But the initial mobility studies were flawed, economists now say.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times



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