https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AUVWWumbCcs/claudia-sahmhttps://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.pnghttps://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AUVWWumbCcs/claudia-sahmRSS for NodeSun, 31 Aug 2025 03:32:47 GMThttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-27/lisa-cook-firing-the-fed-shouldn-t-take-the-political-baithttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-27/lisa-cook-firing-the-fed-shouldn-t-take-the-political-baitWed, 27 Aug 2025 09:00:18 GMTStill independent.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-08/the-bls-can-t-be-replaced-by-the-private-sectorhttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-08/the-bls-can-t-be-replaced-by-the-private-sectorFri, 08 Aug 2025 09:00:30 GMTThe data is sound.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-18/immigration-enforcement-shrinking-workforce-will-hurt-us-economyhttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-18/immigration-enforcement-shrinking-workforce-will-hurt-us-economyFri, 18 Jul 2025 12:15:12 GMTNot the way to spur economic growth.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-06-03/inflation-expectations-depend-on-tariff-expectationshttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-06-03/inflation-expectations-depend-on-tariff-expectationsTue, 03 Jun 2025 09:00:38 GMTShoppers home appliances displayed for sale inside a Home Depot store in Colma, California, US, on Friday, May 30, 2025. The US Census Bureau is scheduled to release durable goods orders figures on June 3.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-04-17/doge-ban-on-wfh-will-reduce-government-efficiencyhttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-04-17/doge-ban-on-wfh-will-reduce-government-efficiencyThu, 17 Apr 2025 10:30:04 GMTA sign outside the shuttered office of USAID at the Ronald Reagan building in downtown Washington is painted over on March 18, 2025. A federal judge in Maryland issued a preliminary injunction blocking billionaire Elon Musk and the US DOGE Service from taking further action to dismantle USAID and ordered that steps be taken to allow staff to reoccupy its headquarters inside the building. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP) (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-03-11/the-war-on-government-statistics-has-quietly-begunhttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-03-11/the-war-on-government-statistics-has-quietly-begunTue, 11 Mar 2025 09:30:04 GMTThe data is important to everyone, no just the Fed chair.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-01-30/will-tariffs-cause-inflation-trump-threats-make-consumers-nervoushttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-01-30/will-tariffs-cause-inflation-trump-threats-make-consumers-nervousThu, 30 Jan 2025 10:30:25 GMTTractor trailers wait in line at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, on the US-Mexico border in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. US President Donald Trump signaled plans to impose previously threatened tariffs of as much as 25% on Mexico and Canada by Feb. 1, unless the US neighbors did more to clamp down on immigration.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-11-25/economic-advice-for-trump-and-powell-first-do-no-harmhttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-11-25/economic-advice-for-trump-and-powell-first-do-no-harmMon, 25 Nov 2024 10:00:06 GMTU.S. President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Jerome Powell, governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve and Trump's nominee as chairman of the Federal Reserve, during a nomination announcement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017. If approved by the Senate, the 64-year-old former Carlyle Group LP managing director and ex-Treasury undersecretary would succeed Fed Chair Janet Yellen.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-10-07/america-s-jobs-market-has-entered-the-twilight-zonehttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-10-07/america-s-jobs-market-has-entered-the-twilight-zoneMon, 07 Oct 2024 09:00:16 GMTMIAMI, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 03: A Now Hiring sign hangs in front of a Winn-Dixie grocery store on December 03, 2021 in Miami, Florida. The Labor Department announced that payrolls increased by just 210,000 for November, which is below what economists expected, though the unemployment rate fell to 4.2% from 4.6%. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-09-03/bls-revisions-fewer-jobs-are-a-sign-of-better-datahttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-09-03/bls-revisions-fewer-jobs-are-a-sign-of-better-dataTue, 03 Sep 2024 10:30:02 GMTLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 02: A 'Now Hiring' sign is displayed outside a check cashing shop on June 2, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Today’s U.S. labor report shows that employers added 339,000 jobs in May with sectors including construction, healthcare, business services and transportation adding jobs with wages showing 4.3 percent growth over the same period last year. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-08-07/the-sahm-rule-is-warning-of-recession-but-claudia-sahm-isn-t-soldhttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-08-07/the-sahm-rule-is-warning-of-recession-but-claudia-sahm-isn-t-soldWed, 07 Aug 2024 09:30:10 GMTA "Now Hiring" sign is displayed in front of a store on January 13, 2022 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-06-03/us-inflation-feels-bad-to-consumers-no-matter-how-you-define-ithttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-06-03/us-inflation-feels-bad-to-consumers-no-matter-how-you-define-itMon, 03 Jun 2024 10:00:21 GMTAdvertisements at a Shop Fair Market in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023. The core personal consumption expenditures price index, a measure favored by the Fed, barely rose in November and is now under the central banks 2% target in the past six months, data published Friday showed.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-04-25/us-gdp-strong-economy-doesn-t-make-the-fed-s-job-harderhttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-04-25/us-gdp-strong-economy-doesn-t-make-the-fed-s-job-harderThu, 25 Apr 2024 13:15:20 GMTThe Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. With price pressures easing and the economy still strong, Fed officials are prepared to bring rates down at a slower and potentially less regular pace.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-04-03/the-surge-in-part-time-workers-is-getting-a-bad-raphttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-04-03/the-surge-in-part-time-workers-is-getting-a-bad-rapWed, 03 Apr 2024 09:30:22 GMTA "Job Fair" sign outside a Veteran Employment and Resource Fair in Long Beach, California, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. The Department of Labor is scheduled to release initial jobless claims figures on January 11.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-03-27/stop-applying-the-sahm-rule-recession-indicator-to-stateshttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-03-27/stop-applying-the-sahm-rule-recession-indicator-to-statesWed, 27 Mar 2024 10:00:17 GMTWASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 07: A "Now Hiring" sign is displayed on a storefront in Adams Morgan Neighborhood on October 07, 2022 in Washington, DC. The Labor Department announced that in the month of September the U.S. added 263,000 jobs as the unemployment rate fell to 3.5% (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-02-21/bidenomics-is-an-easy-sell-to-voters-if-presented-broadly-enoughhttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-02-21/bidenomics-is-an-easy-sell-to-voters-if-presented-broadly-enoughWed, 21 Feb 2024 10:00:16 GMTSPRINGFIELD, VIRGINIA - JANUARY 26: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the U.S. economy at Steamfitters Local 602 on January 26, 2023 in Springfield, Virginia. President Biden made comments on the economic proposals by Republican lawmakers that could be harmful to the economy. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-02-08/the-federal-reserve-isn-t-political-well-not-exactlyhttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-02-08/the-federal-reserve-isn-t-political-well-not-exactlyThu, 08 Feb 2024 10:00:13 GMTJerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady for the fourth straight meeting and signaled its openness to cutting them, though not necessarily right away.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-01-22/the-fiscal-spending-hawks-are-wrong-on-the-child-tax-credithttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-01-22/the-fiscal-spending-hawks-are-wrong-on-the-child-tax-creditMon, 22 Jan 2024 10:00:19 GMTNEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 04: A student eats a vegan meal served for lunch (with milk as a drink) at Yung Wing School P.S. 124 on February 04, 2022 in New York City. Starting today, the Department of Education in New York City, which introduced Meatless Mondays in 2019 and Meatless Fridays this past April, will start phasing in “vegan-focused” menus on Fridays or “Vegan Fridays” as part of Mayor Eric Adams’ initiative to serve healthier food to students. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-01-12/concerns-over-the-34-trillion-of-us-debt-are-misguidedhttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-01-12/concerns-over-the-34-trillion-of-us-debt-are-misguidedFri, 12 Jan 2024 10:00:11 GMTPHILADELPHIA - FEBRUARY 11: Blank Social Security checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility February 11, 2005 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As U.S. President George W. Bush travels the country to stump for his plan to change the Social Security system, opposition continues from some members of Congress and senior citizen groups concerned that the proposal would erode guarantees to the federal retirement program. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-01-01/labor-will-keep-the-us-economy-out-of-a-recession-in-2024https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-01-01/labor-will-keep-the-us-economy-out-of-a-recession-in-2024Mon, 01 Jan 2024 13:00:11 GMTA group of steel workers standing on scaffolding 70 storeys high looking down over New York City from the RCA building. (Photo by Horace Abrahams/Getty Images)