- Neil Irwin
- Reporter
Neil Irwin writes about economics and the Federal Reserve for The Washington Post. He has covered these topics since 2007, and was one of the paper’s lead reporters on the 2007-2009 recession, financial crisis,and government response. He appears regularly on television analyzing economic topics, including on MSNBC, CNBC, and the PBS NewsHour. Irwin has reported for the Post since 2000, and has also covered the Washington regional economy, commercial real estate, and Internet companies. He has an MBA from Columbia University, where he was a Knight-Bagehot Fellow in Economics and Business Journalism. His undergraduate studies were at St. Mary’s College of Maryland.
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