Greg Ip, who has covered the Federal Reserve and the economy for The Wall Street Journal for the past seven years, is leaving the paper to become the U.S. economics editor for The Economist, reports Robert MacMillan of Reuters.
MacMillan writes, “Greg Ip will join The Economist magazine as U.S. economics editor, he told Reuters on Tuesday, after covering the Fed since 2001 for the Journal. He likely will join the weekly in late July, he said.
“At The Economist he will be responsible for writing and reporting on the U.S. economy and economic policy, including the Federal Reserve, he wrote in an e-mailed statement.
“‘This is an extraordinary opportunity for me to expand my horizons, to learn a more analytical and critical style of writing, to serve a rapidly growing and discerning readership worldwide, and to work with a remarkable group of journalists and editors who share my passion for economics,’ he wrote.
“Ip’s stories in the Journal have been widely followed by financial market participants seeking clues into the Federal Reserve’s thinking about interest rates and the economy.”
Read more here. And here is Dow Jones Newswires, which is owned by the same company as the Journal, following the Reuters story about one of its co-workers.
