Neil Irwin is a chief economic correspondent at Axios, the digital media company. He reports on and analyzes U.S. and global economic trends, the Federal Reserve, financial markets, and more.

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He is the author of two books: The Alchemists: Three Central Bankers and a World on Fire, a New York Times bestselling narrative of the world’s central bankers fighting the global financial crisis; and How to Win in a Winner-Take-All World, an exploration of how to best navigate a career in the 21st-century economy.

From 2014 to 2021, Irwin was a senior economic correspondent at The New York Times and a founding staff member of The Upshot, the Times‘s site for analytical and explanatory journalism. Before that, he was a reporter and columnist at The Washington Post for 13 years, where he led coverage of the global financial crisis.

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He often analyzes economic trends on television and radio, including appearances on PBS Newshour, CBS This Morning, BBC America, MSNBC, CNBC, CNN, and public radio’s Marketplace.

Irwin has an MBA from Columbia University, where he was a Knight-Bagehot Fellow in economic and business journalism. His undergraduate studies were at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, where he served on the board of trustees from 2007 to 2013.