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Ashley Webb, senior UK economist for Capital Economics, said the fall in the unemployment rate was "unexpected", and that it suggests the labour market "continues to recover".

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

The collapse of budget airlines like Spirit probably isn’t a big factor in these price increases, said Hayley Berg, Hopper’s lead economist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

“Investors tend to pull back less than noninvestor buyers when conditions deteriorate,” Hannah Jones, a senior economist at Realtor.com, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026

The fund's chief economist Silvana Tenreyro noted this week that global trade rose 8.3 percent between 2023 and 2025 -- a figure she said would be closer to 4.6 percent without AI-related products.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

“Give it 1 year and really make a go of it. Make 1 friend. Do 1 thing outside of these walls. Read 1 book not written by an economist or a mathematician.”

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty

The latest data shows US GDP, external - which is how economists measure the size of the US economy - currently expanding at an annualised rate of 2.2%.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

The rate that roughly three-quarters of economists forecast the 10-year yield Treasury yield will end this year at or above, according to a survey by The Wall Street Journal this month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

“In particular, our economists expect that income growth for the bottom income quintile will accelerate notably in 2027 as inflation slows and January cost-of-living adjustments boost transfer payments,” they said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Forecast for each period reflects the average among economists who provided a forecast.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

“Those are for economists, polls, and politicians. Percentages can’t define your identity.”

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson