David J. Lynch

Washington, D.C.

Financial writer covering trade and globalization Education: Yale University, MA in international relations, 1983; Wesleyan University, BA in government, 1981 David J. Lynch joined The Washington Post in November 2017 from the Financial Times, where he covered white-collar crime. He was previously the cybersecurity editor at Politico and a senior writer with Bloomberg News, focusing on the intersection of politics and economics. Earlier, he followed the global economy for USA Today, where he was the founding bureau chief in both London and Beijing. He covered the wars in Kosovo and Iraq, the latter as an embedded reporter with the U.S. Marines, and was the paper’s first recipient of a Nieman fellowship at Harvard University. He has reported from more than 60 countries.

Latest from David J. Lynch

Tech Policy

Outgoing Trump administration bans investments in Chinese companies it says support China’s military

The White House continued to push an economic decoupling with China by banning certain U.S. investments in companies linked to Chinese military

Nov 12, 2020

Economy

Mounting commercial real estate losses threaten banks, recovery

If U.S. banks absorb big losses on their $2 trillion in commercial real estate loans, the entire economy will suffer.

Nov 11, 2020

Economy

Voters choose Biden to rebuild U.S. economy battered by pandemic

Nov 7, 2020

Business

Wall Street rallies as investors believe Washington gridlock is good for business

Major indexes were all up another 2 percent following Wednesday’s surge.

Nov 5, 2020

Economy

Republicans could suffer from Chinese company’s failure to buy Montana beef

Deal touted during Trump’s 2017 Beijing visit may affect tight U.S. Senate race.

Oct 27, 2020

Economy

Trump’s Carrier deal fades as economic reality intervenes

Jobs that were saved are dwarfed by others that left.

Oct 26, 2020

Economy

Nobel Prize in economics awarded to Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson of Stanford University

Oct 12, 2020

Economy

As Washington fumbled relief talks, economy’s cracks deepened in recent months

Loss of momentum raises danger of protracted, disappointing recovery.

Oct 8, 2020

Economy

U.S. exporters struggle to gain ground as global recession remains severe

The swollen trade deficit defies the White House’s promises of economic improvement.

Oct 4, 2020

Economy

Lengthy era of rock-bottom interest rates leaving its mark on U.S. economy

Depressed rates fueled a rise in corporate and government debt, aggravated trends toward greater inequality and left a wounded economy more dependent upon fiscal support from lawmakers at a time when Congress is intensely polarized.

Oct 3, 2020