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

Boston at Risk of ‘Wealth Spiral’ as Harvard Fight Ripples Through Economy

4 days 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

4 days 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 week 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 week 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

2 weeks ago | wsj.com | Konrad Putzier |Alana Pipe

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

2 weeks 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

1 month 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

1 month 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

1 month 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?
Rebuilding Los Angeles Is California’s Economic Moment of Truth

1 month ago | wsj.com | Konrad Putzier

California’s economic future depends on solving its housing shortage. The recent wildfires in Los Angeles present a major test of the state’s willingness to add density. Housing advocates believe the fires have created new urgency, while residents in affected areas are concerned about displacement and changes to their neighborhoods. The root causes of California's housing crisis go back over a century, with zoning rules that have historically favored single-family homes.