Eva Roytburg

Eva Roytburg is a fellow at Fortune, where she covers macroeconomics, market-moving news, and the forces shaping the global economy. She holds degrees in philosophy and economics from Emory University and has previously reported for CNN and the Jerusalem Post.

  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 31: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 31, 2026 in New York City. The Dow surged over 1000 points in trading on hopes that the conflict in Iran is winding down and that oil prices will begin to ease. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)Economy

    Wall Street just had its best day in nearly a year over a rumor

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  • A cyclist rides past a “Now Hiring” sign posted on a business storefront in San Gabriel, California on August 21, 2024. US job gains for the past twelve months ending in March showed there were 818,000 fewer jobs than previously reported in the largest downward revision since 2009. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)Economy

    Hiring just hit a level not seen since the economy was ‘closed down literally’ during COVID, top economist says

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  • U.S. President Donald Trump reacts during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 26, 2026 in Washington, DCEnergy

    Markets cheer as Trump threatens to abandon Iran war, but Jamie Dimon sides with allies: ‘Win this thing and clean up the straits’

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  • CEO and Portfolio Manager Pershing Square Capital Management L.P. William Ackman speaks at The New York Times DealBook Conference at Jazz at Lincoln Center on November 10, 2016 in New York City.Investing

    Bill Ackman told spooked investors to get over the Iran war and buy Fannie and Freddie. Stocks surged 40% the next day

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  • JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MARYLAND – MARCH 29: U.S. President Donald Trump exits Air Force One on March 29, 2026 at Joint air Base Andrews, Maryland. The president was returning to Washington following a weekend trip to Florida. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)Economy

    Trump said the Iran war was ‘very complete’ three weeks ago. Oil has surged 50% since, and analysts are warning of stagflation

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  • Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on March 25, 2026 in New York City.Big Tech

    The Iran war turned Mag 7 stocks into dip-buying bait. But no one is jumping in yet even though Wall Street expects U.S. tech to outperform

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  • U.S. President Donald Trump reacts during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 26, 2026 in Washington, DC.Energy

    The big stock market correction that Trump can’t talk his way out of is official

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  • Tesla CEO Elon Musk listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.Politics

    The White House snubs Elon Musk’s offer to cover TSA salaries as airport miseries hit record levels

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  • People on a breakwater backdropped by commercial vessels anchored in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, on March 22, 2026 in Ajman, United Arab Emirates.Energy

    Trump wrote the tariff playbook. Now Iran is using it on the world’s most important oil route

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  • Two People Faces Talking Discussion Communication Stock Market Insider 3d IllustrationEnergy

    Nobel laureate Paul Krugman calls it ‘treason’: $580 million in suspicious oil futures traded minutes before Trump’s Iran reversal

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  • U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport on March 23, 2026 in West Palm Beach, Florida.Energy

    Trump’s trillion-dollar TACO that wasn’t: Iran confronts the master of the deal with a partner he can’t bully

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  • Toilet paper on empty supermarket shelves, lockdown panic buyingEconomy

    The great toilet paper panic is back as Japan starts stockpiling

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  • US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, on March 23, 2026.Health

    Trump has TACO’d again, this time in Iran, sparking a $1.7 trillion stock market rally in minutes, even as peace talks are in question

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  • ILLUSTRATION - 17 February 2026, Bavaria, Munich: A beverage can with a soft drink and numerous sugar cubes lie on a table. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa (Photo by Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images)Energy

    Iran war is making the world a little less sweet as oil soars at the worst possible time for sugar

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  • Jerome Powell, wearing a suit, looks ahead with his brow furrowed.Economy

    Economists agree: You’re not crazy for feeling like the rich get richer, and the poor are doing worse. Welcome to the ‘K-shaped economy’

    By Sasha Rogelberg, Eva Roytburg, and others