How to say "economist" in Japanese

• エコノミストCommon
  nounThe common word for an economist, covering the profession in general, including analysts and commentators at banks, companies, and the media. Use this as your default translation of 'economist'.
• 経済学者けいざいがくしゃ
  nounLiterally a scholar of economics; it covers economists in the academic sense, such as university researchers. It is a less common way to say 'economist' and suits contexts stressing scholarly work.
  この問題もんだいは多おおくの経済学けいざいがく者しゃによって論ろんじられてきた。↗

  This problem has been debated by many economists.

For 'economist', 「エコノミスト」 is the common everyday word, while 経済学者 emphasizes an academic scholar of economics; choose based on whether you mean the profession generally or the academic discipline.

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• エコノミストeconomist
• 経済学者けいざいがくしゃeconomist