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economist

[ih-kon-uh-mist] / ɪˈkɒn ə mɪst /
NOUN
statistician
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Pacheco, an economist, said she had been without steady electricity at home for days.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

The bottom 60% of earners keep spending as long as they’re employed because so much of their budget goes to necessities, said Nathan Sheets, chief economist at Citigroup.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

But after the closure of the Strait of Hormuz upended global energy supply chains, “nobody’s talking about reacceleration now,” said Guy Berger, a labor economist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Torsten Sløk, Apollo Global’s chief economist, also predicts the 10-year yield should move lower.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Thomas Malthus had been a curate at the Okewood Chapel in Surrey by daytime, but he was a closet economist by night.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee