economist
noun
econ·o·mist
i-ˈkä-nə-mist 
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Economists are predicting rapid inflation.
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Those trends have elicited a shift in priority: preventing job losses versus reining in runaway inflation, economists told ABC News.
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 17 July 2024
June’s reading was better than the outright decline economists projected in a FactSet poll — a shift from prior months when retail sales consistently came in worse than expected.
—Bryan Mena, CNN, 16 July 2024
Her parents were academics — her mother, a political scientist, is a South African of Indian descent; her father is an economist from Canada — and she was raised between South Africa and Connecticut, where her parents taught at Wesleyan University and Trinity College.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 16 July 2024
The plan is also likely to prove controversial among economists, including many Democrats.
—Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 17 July 2024
June’s reading was better than the outright decline economists projected in a FactSet poll — a shift from prior months when retail sales consistently came in worse than expected.
—Bryan Mena, CNN, 16 July 2024
Her parents were academics — her mother, a political scientist, is a South African of Indian descent; her father is an economist from Canada — and she was raised between South Africa and Connecticut, where her parents taught at Wesleyan University and Trinity College.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 16 July 2024
The plan is also likely to prove controversial among economists, including many Democrats.
—Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
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“Economist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/economist. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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