How to Use economist in a Sentence

economist

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  • Economists are predicting rapid inflation.
  • But that may not be the case this time, economists said.
    — Irina Ivanova, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Such risks, some economists say, are a reason for the Fed to be cautious.
    — Joe Rennison, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The phrase came from a 2022 paper by a group of economists and referred to a risk of the post-pandemic era.
    — Jesse Barron, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Wage growth slowed further last month, the economists said.
    — Amara Omeokwe, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2023
  • My economist father was on the other side of the country, or in his apartment across town, or in the sky.
    — Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
  • For now, economists say, the best that consumers can hope for is that prices stop going up so fast.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 10 Apr. 2024
  • But the year-on-year measure was below the 5% that economists predicted in a poll by Reuters.
    — Nate Dicamillo, Quartz, 10 May 2023
  • Bloomberg surveyed economists from around the world to gather views on those three debates.
    — Jana Randow, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2023
  • Garber is an economist and physician who has served as provost for 12 years.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2024
  • For now, most economists agree the US economy will likely be spared a downturn this year.
    — Bryan Mena, CNN, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The economist on Thursday again alluded to the idea of trying to keep U.S. Steel in domestic hands.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 29 Mar. 2024
  • For months, employers have churned out jobs at a pace that has baffled economists.
    — Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 2 June 2023
  • That points to the question: Why do economists get these things so consistently wrong?
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Tap the wisdom of a behavioral economist for the gifting season.
    — Mallika Mitra, wsj.com, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The surprising strength of the recovery in 2023 has led some economists to question how their forecasts were so wrong.
    — Ben Casselman, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Texas, which is set to see the largest influx of visitors, could make some $428 million, the Waco economist Ray Perryman told the Post.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Most economists expect the labor market will slow this year, but predict the U.S. will avoid a recession.
    — CBS News, 30 Jan. 2024
  • To use the aeronautical metaphor that economists love, many of them believed that the economy was heading for a hard landing.
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 18 July 2023
  • Some economists worry what's playing out in Ohio and other parts of the country could be an indicator for the health of the U.S. economy.
    — Allie Weintraub, ABC News, 10 May 2023
  • Wage gains moderated to a pace that economists saw as more consistent with long-term gains.
    — Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The Augusta government’s one-on-one web conference with its Harvard economist is a one-of-a-kind perk.
    — Laxmi Corp, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The pace exceeded all projections in a Bloomberg survey of economists.
    — Augusta Saraiva, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2023
  • The work is frequently cited by other economists, and for good reason.
    — Kevin A. Hassett, National Review, 12 June 2023
  • But Richard Paulsen, a sports economist at the University of Michigan, wonders when push comes to shove if college athletes would be willing to strike.
    — Andrea Hsu, NPR, 5 Mar. 2024
  • But the impact wouldn't be felt equally across the nation, Moody's Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi said in a report this week.
    — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 12 May 2023
  • That should trigger a mild recession later in 2023, many economists say.
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 7 July 2023
  • The survey showed that the sector, which employs most Americans, grew at a faster pace than economists expected in August.
    — Damian J. Troise, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2023
  • And with it, civic leaders, transportation experts and economists say, the fate of the region's economic vibrancy could be at stake.
    — Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2023
  • There, Fed officials, central bankers from around the world and top economists will mingle and discuss policy.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 1 Aug. 2023

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