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macroeconomist

American  
[ma-kroh-i-kahn-uhm-ist] / ˌmæ kroʊ ɪˈkɑn əm ɪst /

noun

  • macroeconomists
    plural
  1. a specialist in or student of macroeconomics.


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Its unlikely he “would want to do anything that threatens financial stability, particularly so soon after assuming office,” wrote Dario Perkins, global macroeconomist at TS Lombard.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

Dario Perkins, global macroeconomist at research consulting firm TS Lombard, defined wage share as the ratio of wage income to nominal GDP, effectively the inverse of profit share.

From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026

“The interim budget will likely aim for a 9.9% deficit for 2022, which is lower than the earlier 12%,” said Lakshini Fernando, macroeconomist at investment firm Asia Securities.

From Reuters ● Aug. 29, 2022

That has made the bookish former chair of the Federal Reserve an unlikely commander in the West’s economic war — a macroeconomist marshaling forces on the financial battlefield.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2022

“I don’t think every position needs to be filled by a trained macroeconomist, but given the nature of the job, I think there needs to be a heavy dominance of trained macroeconomists,” Mr. Duy said.

From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2018

Some shortcomings are unique to the Fed, including a governance model that requires academic macroeconomists on the Board of Governors to oversee a complex construction project.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

At the time, Biden said that Brainard, “one of our country’s leading macroeconomists — has played a key leadership role at the Federal Reserve, working with Powell to help power our country’s robust economic recovery.”

From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2022

In normal times, macroeconomists don’t pay much attention to shipping costs.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 2021

Christina Romer and David Romer, two of the leading macroeconomists of their generation and both professors at the University of California, Berkeley, have just released a careful forensic examination of Mr. Friedman’s analysis.

From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2016

This is not to say that macroeconomists completely ignored the financial system.

From Economist ● Jan. 21, 2013

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