economist
Studies resource allocation
An economist is a person who studies or specializes in economics—the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
Economists analyze data, develop theories, and advise governments and businesses on policy: The economist predicted a recession.
The term can carry skepticism about the gap between economic models and real-world outcomes: Economists disagreed, as usual.
Estimating future conditions
- projectionsEstimates extending forward
- trendsPrevailing directions of change
- inflationSustained price level increase
- deflationSustained decrease in prices
recession · growth · unemployment · productivity · consumption · investment · trade · GDP
Furnish or stock
- demandForceful request or requirement
- equilibriumState of balance
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
- stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
competition · monopoly · oligopoly · exchange · capitalism · pricing · consumers · producers
Pro-intervention economic theory
- monetarismEconomic focus on currency regulation
- neoclassicalReviving ancient aesthetic principles
- supply-sideProduction-centered economic theory
- laissez-faireNoninterference in commerce
equilibrium · elasticity · utility · scarcity · externalities · trade-offs · incentives · model
Swedish prize surname
- laureateCelebrated achievement recipient
- professorSenior university teacher
- researcherOne who studies systematically
- facultyInherent power or ability
dissertation · journal · publication · think-tank · IMF · academia · pundit · columnist
forecasting
Estimating future conditions
- projectionsEstimates extending forward
- trendsPrevailing directions of change
- inflationSustained price level increase
deflation · recession · growth · unemployment · productivity · consumption · investment · trade · GDP · indicators
supply
Furnish or stock
- demandForceful request or requirement
- equilibriumState of balance
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
stocks · competition · monopoly · oligopoly · exchange · capitalism · pricing · consumers · producers · speculation
Keynesian
Pro-intervention economic theory
- monetarismEconomic focus on currency regulation
- neoclassicalReviving ancient aesthetic principles
- supply-sideProduction-centered economic theory
laissez-faire · equilibrium · elasticity · utility · scarcity · externalities · trade-offs · incentives · model · Austrian
Nobel
Swedish prize surname
- laureateCelebrated achievement recipient
- professorSenior university teacher
- researcherOne who studies systematically
faculty · dissertation · journal · publication · think-tank · IMF · academia · pundit · columnist · commentator
advisor
One who gives guidance
- governmentAuthority over a state
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- taxationCompulsory government revenue collection
subsidy · welfare · budget · deficit · spending · reform · stimulus · austerity · treasury · healthcare
- social scientistssociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, political scientist, social psychologist
- predictorsforecaster, prognosticator, prophet, seer, soothsayer
- jobsdoctor, administrator, lawyer, teacher, nurse
- occupationsdoctor, teacher, baker, lawyer, nurse
- business jobsaccountant, consultant, analyst, manager, banker
- expertsexperts, expert, specialist, masters, specialists
economistartist
Maker of creative works
poet · philosopher · theologian · mystic · spiritualist
economistaccountant
Financial records keeper
laborer · bookkeeper · shopkeeper · factory worker · worker
economistnoneconomist
One untrained in markets
layperson · amateur · novice · outsider · dilettante
- economic sanctionPunitive limits on commerce
- economic powerInfluence through wealth
- economic justiceFair allocation of resources
- economic indicatorsData measuring financial health
- economic boomSustained period of growth
- economic disparitiesUnequal distribution of wealth
economic, economical, economics, economize, economizing, economists, uneconomical, economically, economized