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economist

[ih-kon-uh-mist] / ɪˈkɒn ə mɪst /
NOUN
statistician
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“We expect the headline rate to rise further over the coming quarters,” said Ankita Amajuri, economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

"Reforms are not clearly defined in the agreement document. Some ambiguity remains", Abdoulaye Ndiaye, a Senegalese economist at New York University, told AFP.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

“Warmer-than-usual weather over the northern hemisphere winter could limit heating-related demand and help relieve upward pressure on natural gas and LNG prices in Europe and Asia,” says David Oxley, chief commodities economist.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

At PMQs, Badenoch also raised comments from economist and cross-bench peer Lord Jim O'Neill, who had been tipped to become Burnham's chief economic adviser, but who ruled out joining Burnham's government.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

Someone—an economist or a politician or a parent—has to invent them.

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

ING economists expect exports to rise 24% from a year earlier and imports to increase 32%, producing a trade surplus of $107.0 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

The IMF loan programme, economists say, provides a catalyst for financing from other institutions such as the World Bank, African Development Bank, private investors and others.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

Leading business experts and economists say that without Australia's data centre boom over the last couple of years, the country would likely have headed into a recession.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

The economy probably added a net 53,000 new jobs in August, according to economists polled by the Wall Street Journal.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

Many, perhaps most, economists go further and believe that good institutions are overwhelmingly the most important explanation.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond



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