Konrad Putzier

New York

Economics Reporter at The Wall Street Journal

WSJ reporter. Currently on leave to write a book about the rise of the American landlord. [email protected]

Articles

为何说美英贸易关系极其特殊？

5 days ago | cn.wsj.com | Konrad Putzier

美国对十大贸易伙伴中的九个存在商品贸易逆差，对英国则是存在贸易顺差。美国和英国之间的贸易往来涉及汽车、石油、飞机零部件和药品等。美国和英国长期以来都乐于标榜两国之间的特殊关系，贸易也不例外。美国对十大贸易伙伴中的九个存在商品贸易逆差。唯一的例外就是英国，美国对英国存在贸易顺差。现在，英国在另一个方面也成为了例外：该国是第一个与美国达成贸易协议的国家；美国总统特朗普(Trump)在周四宣布美英两国达成了一项他称之为“全面且综合”的协议。该协议将保留对大多数商品的10%全球关税。英国同意购买更多波音(Boeing)飞机。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8立即订阅热门文章热门视频
Boston at Risk of ‘Wealth Spiral’ as Harvard Fight Ripples Through Economy

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Konrad Putzier |Chao Deng

Far beyond Harvard Yard, school is a major economic engine for the regionThe Ivy League school is a major local presence in its own right, with more than 20,000 employees and campuses that spill onto both sides of the Charles River in Boston and Cambridge, Mass. Harvard also has deep ties to almost every major economic sector in the Boston area, from biotechnology and real estate to the array of shops and restaurants that fill Harvard Square. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
Boston at Risk of ‘Wealth Spiral’ as Harvard Fight Ripples Through Economy

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Konrad Putzier |Chao Deng

Far beyond Harvard Yard, school is a major economic engine for the regionThe Ivy League school is a major local presence in its own right, with more than 20,000 employees and campuses that spill onto both sides of the Charles River in Boston and Cambridge, Mass. Harvard also has deep ties to almost every major economic sector in the Boston area, from biotechnology and real estate to the array of shops and restaurants that fill Harvard Square. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
U.S.-China Battle Spares No One

1 month ago | wsj.com | Jason Douglas |Konrad Putzier |Ruth Simon |Raffaele Huang

The gloves are off. The next chapter of U.S.-China decoupling has begun. The pain will be felt everywhere. In jacking up his tariffs on China, President Trump is pushing the world’s two biggest economic powers into a battle that will leave neither unscathed and risks tanking the global economy. Dig deeper:
The U.S. and China Are Going to Economic War-and Everyone Will Suffer

1 month ago | wsj.com | Jason Douglas |Konrad Putzier |Ruth Simon |Raffaele Huang

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Trump’s Trade Math Ignores a Major Export: American Services

1 month ago | wsj.com | Konrad Putzier |Alana Pipe

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For This Frozen Fries Company, Trade Wars Are an Existential Crisis

1 month ago | wsj.com | Konrad Putzier

As Trump ramps up tariffs, a french-fry exporter bears scars from last trade warThe record U.S. trade deficit reflects a stark reality: Many American companies struggle to sell goods abroad. For one fast-food exporter, it is an existential crisis. For decades, Bellevue, Wash.-based Pacific Valley Foods made good money selling frozen fries and corn on the cob to restaurants in Asia. The 50-year-old family business peaked in 2019.
Aux Etats-Unis, les grandes métropoles se repeuplent grâce à l’immigration

2 months ago | lopinion.fr | Paul Overberg |Konrad Putzier |Max Rust

The Wall Street Journal Si un afflux d’immigrés a compensé les pertes dues à la Covid, l’effet ne pourrait être que passager Publié le 14 mars 2025 à 13:16 Paul Overberg, Konrad Putzier et Max Rust Qui l’eût cru, les plus grandes métropoles américaines ne sont pas du tout en train de se dépeupler — en tout cas, pas pour l’instant.
Immigration Ends Population Decline in Big City Metro Areas, New U.S. Census Data Shows

2 months ago | wsj.com | Paul Overberg |Konrad Putzier |Max Rust

March 13, 2025 5:00 am ETIt turns out, America’s biggest metro areas aren’t shrinking—at least for now. New Census Bureau estimates released Thursday show that the New York and Chicago metro areas grew in each of the past two years ended in June. The Los Angeles area expanded in the 12 months ended in June. These regions are all still smaller than before the Covid-19 pandemic, but not by as much as previously thought. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Rebuilding Los Angeles Is California’s Economic Moment of Truth

2 months ago | mansionglobal.com | Konrad Putzier

ALTADENA, Calif.—California’s economic future hinges on solving the state’s crippling housing shortage. The charred landscape around Los Angeles presents a major test. January’s wildfires turned more than 16,000 buildings in the Altadena and Pacific Palisades into toxic ash. These are largely single-family-home enclaves, but the state in recent years changed laws to make it easier to build apartments. Now, California faces a choice. Will it build the housing it badly needs?