How to Use economist in a Sentence

economist

noun
  • Economists are predicting rapid inflation.
  • But you — economists aren’t the best at this sort of thing.
    — Alex Crippen, CNBC, 9 May 2026
  • And that’s what economists tell us.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2026
  • The economist in me is not sure about this advice.
    — Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025
  • None of this would surprise the economists who study these events.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 19 June 2026
  • Many economists insist that this will all be fine.
    — Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The job gains were about three times what economists had forecast.
    — Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • So far, investors and economists hold hope that the spike in oil prices won't last.
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
  • That is in line with forecasts by economists.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 June 2026
  • But there are economists that say the economy did not grow that fast.
    — Taylor Haney, NPR, 15 June 2024
  • To be sure, some economists said the June numbers seem out of sort.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 2 July 2026
  • Your iPhone may now be a form of birth control, economists warn.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 12 June 2026
  • But one top economist says the answer is simpler than that.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
  • That’s a message a lot of politicians and economists don’t want to hear.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Sentiment could be a false flag, as some economists warn.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 10 May 2026
  • 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
  • That seems to be the consensus view among economists.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Even then, many economists were skeptical of his claim.
    — Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
  • Some economists expect 7% rates if the war isn’t over by the end of June.
    — Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 26 May 2026
  • The labor market has been a concern for economists over the past year.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026
  • And some economists agree that a hard cap on rates would be a bad idea for the general public.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Such risks, some economists say, are a reason for the Fed to be cautious.
    — Joe Rennison, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • This is not the kind of oil shock economists typically look through.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • That’s far ahead of the roughly 1% growth most economists are calling for.
    — Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Burns, who was among the most famous academic economists of his era, was able to pull that off.
    — Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
  • For other economists, the move is for the Fed to not do anything, for now.
    — Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 5 June 2026
  • Some economists are skeptical about quite how bad the jobless rate is.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 26 July 2024
  • 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
  • Free-market economists are largely against the idea of a robot tax.
    — Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 10 Oct. 2025

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