https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AUVWWumbCcs/claudia-sahm RSS for Node Fri, 08 May 2026 01:20:03 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-29/warsh-as-fed-chair-he-needs-to-fight-unemployment-too https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-29/warsh-as-fed-chair-he-needs-to-fight-unemployment-too Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:50:12 GMT It’s called a dual mandate because there are two parts. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-03/jobs-report-iran-war-could-upend-a-fragile-us-labor-market https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-03/jobs-report-iran-war-could-upend-a-fragile-us-labor-market Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:46:00 GMT Signage is displayed outside a Job News USA career fair in Overland Park, Kansas, U.S., on Wednesday, March 8, 2017. Applications for U.S. jobless benefits rebounded last week from a 44-year low, returning to a range that still shows strength in the labor market. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-04/jack-dorsey-is-wrong-pro-worker-ai-is-both-possible-and-necessary https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-04/jack-dorsey-is-wrong-pro-worker-ai-is-both-possible-and-necessary Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:30:15 GMT Jack Dorsey, chief executive officer of Twitter Inc., speaks virtually during a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittees hearing on a laptop computer in Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S., on Thursday, March 25, 2021. The chief executives of Facebook, Google, and Twitter are testifying as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle prepare to press the companies over the spread of false information that contributed to the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol attacks. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-12-01/trump-s-2-000-tariff-checks-are-a-good-idea-badly-planned https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-12-01/trump-s-2-000-tariff-checks-are-a-good-idea-badly-planned Mon, 01 Dec 2025 12:00:35 GMT WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 02: U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a chart while speaking during a “Make America Wealthy Again” trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025 in Washington, DC. Touting the event as “Liberation Day”, Trump is expected to announce additional tariffs targeting goods imported to the U.S. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-11-05/the-k-shaped-economy-is-partly-the-fed-s-doing https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-11-05/the-k-shaped-economy-is-partly-the-fed-s-doing Wed, 05 Nov 2025 11:30:05 GMT TOPSHOT - US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell holds a press conference in Washington, DC, on September 18, 2024. The US Federal Reserve cut its key lending rate by half a percentage-point Wednesday in its first reduction since the pandemic, sharply lowering borrowing costs shortly before November's presidential election. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-27/lisa-cook-firing-the-fed-shouldn-t-take-the-political-bait https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-27/lisa-cook-firing-the-fed-shouldn-t-take-the-political-bait Wed, 27 Aug 2025 09:00:18 GMT Still independent. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-08/the-bls-can-t-be-replaced-by-the-private-sector https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-08/the-bls-can-t-be-replaced-by-the-private-sector Fri, 08 Aug 2025 09:00:30 GMT The data is sound. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-18/immigration-enforcement-shrinking-workforce-will-hurt-us-economy https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-18/immigration-enforcement-shrinking-workforce-will-hurt-us-economy Fri, 18 Jul 2025 12:15:12 GMT Not the way to spur economic growth. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-06-03/inflation-expectations-depend-on-tariff-expectations https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-06-03/inflation-expectations-depend-on-tariff-expectations Tue, 03 Jun 2025 09:00:38 GMT Shoppers 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-efficiency https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-04-17/doge-ban-on-wfh-will-reduce-government-efficiency Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:30:04 GMT A 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-begun https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-03-11/the-war-on-government-statistics-has-quietly-begun Tue, 11 Mar 2025 09:30:04 GMT The 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-nervous https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-01-30/will-tariffs-cause-inflation-trump-threats-make-consumers-nervous Thu, 30 Jan 2025 10:30:25 GMT Tractor 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-harm https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-11-25/economic-advice-for-trump-and-powell-first-do-no-harm Mon, 25 Nov 2024 10:00:06 GMT U.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-zone https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-10-07/america-s-jobs-market-has-entered-the-twilight-zone Mon, 07 Oct 2024 09:00:16 GMT MIAMI, 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-data https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-09-03/bls-revisions-fewer-jobs-are-a-sign-of-better-data Tue, 03 Sep 2024 10:30:02 GMT LOS 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-sold https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-08-07/the-sahm-rule-is-warning-of-recession-but-claudia-sahm-isn-t-sold Wed, 07 Aug 2024 09:30:10 GMT A "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-it https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-06-03/us-inflation-feels-bad-to-consumers-no-matter-how-you-define-it Mon, 03 Jun 2024 10:00:21 GMT Advertisements 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-harder https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-04-25/us-gdp-strong-economy-doesn-t-make-the-fed-s-job-harder Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:15:20 GMT The 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-rap https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-04-03/the-surge-in-part-time-workers-is-getting-a-bad-rap Wed, 03 Apr 2024 09:30:22 GMT A "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-states https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-03-27/stop-applying-the-sahm-rule-recession-indicator-to-states Wed, 27 Mar 2024 10:00:17 GMT WASHINGTON, 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)