https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ABoDWd04cQQ/robert-burgesshttps://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.pnghttps://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ABoDWd04cQQ/robert-burgessRSS for NodeTue, 02 Sep 2025 23:18:06 GMThttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-25/schiff-james-cook-allegations-show-flaws-in-mortgage-processhttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-25/schiff-james-cook-allegations-show-flaws-in-mortgage-processMon, 25 Aug 2025 09:30:19 GMTDoes it really need to be hundreds of pages?https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-08/the-fed-needs-economists-who-aren-t-politicianshttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-08/the-fed-needs-economists-who-aren-t-politiciansFri, 08 Aug 2025 13:45:48 GMTWASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 27: Dr. Stephen Miran, nominee for Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers testifies at a hearing of the Senate Banking Committee on February 27, 2025 at the Dirksen Senate Building in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony from nominees for various Economic and Housing positions in the Trump administration. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-01/tariffs-in-this-economy-good-luck-with-thathttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-01/tariffs-in-this-economy-good-luck-with-thatFri, 01 Aug 2025 15:32:06 GMTWASHINGTON, DC - JULY 22: U.S. President Donald Trump takes a reporters question during a meeting with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the Oval Office at the White House on July 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump and Marcos are expected to discuss trade tariffs, increasing security cooperation in the face of China’s growing maritime power in the West Philippine Sea and other topics. Trump was joined by (L-R), Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-30/a-dovish-federal-reserve-would-be-nothing-to-cheerhttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-30/a-dovish-federal-reserve-would-be-nothing-to-cheerWed, 30 Jul 2025 19:49:51 GMTWASHINGTON, DC - JULY 24: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks alongside Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as they tour the Federal Reserve’s $2.5 billion headquarters renovation project on July 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Trump administration has been critical of the cost of the renovation and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-21/republicans-fall-into-the-same-inflation-trap-as-democratshttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-21/republicans-fall-into-the-same-inflation-trap-as-democratsMon, 21 Jul 2025 09:30:05 GMTWhite House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, holding up a sheet showing global interest rates and a message from US President Donald Trump to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 30, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-06-26/white-house-math-on-tax-bill-is-pure-imaginationhttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-06-26/white-house-math-on-tax-bill-is-pure-imaginationThu, 26 Jun 2025 17:11:41 GMTUS House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, left, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, April 10, 2025. Nearly 100 days into the GOP hold on both the Senate and House, they'll head back to work this morning remaining at odds over the financial outline of their package, still trying to hammer out a bicameral deal that satisfies all parts of the party, and staring down a two-week break with little progress to show if they can't close the deal to at least start substantive negotiations.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-06-11/the-bond-vigilantes-are-taking-a-naphttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-06-11/the-bond-vigilantes-are-taking-a-napWed, 11 Jun 2025 19:27:25 GMTAn investor takes a nap in front of stocks index monitors at a local securities in Taipei, 10 December 2002. Taiwan shares fell 1.4 percent in thin trade featuring a weakened electronics sector as investors were locked in profits following the downturn on Wall Street. The weighted index closed down 68.66 points at 4,755.01, off a low of 4,718.38, on turnover of 90.03 billion Taiwan dollars (2.58 billion US). AFP PHOTO/Sam YEH (Photo by SAM YEH / AFP) (Photo by SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images)https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-05-28/american-dream-mall-is-new-jersey-s-white-elephanthttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-05-28/american-dream-mall-is-new-jersey-s-white-elephantWed, 28 May 2025 20:25:25 GMTThe American Dream Mall on the shore of the Hackensack River in Secaucus, New Jersey, on June 15, 2023. Activist Bill Sheehan has turned mountains to clean up the river, polluted by industry, ten kilometers (6.2 miles) from Manhattan, even if much remains to be done. "It didn't take me long to realize that the river needed a full-time advocate," he says of the hemmed in by an ultra-dense urban grid. (Photo by KENA BETANCUR / AFP) (Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-05-21/the-bond-market-is-getting-awfully-yippy-againhttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-05-21/the-bond-market-is-getting-awfully-yippy-againWed, 21 May 2025 19:26:07 GMTUS House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, right, and US President Donald Trump after attending a House Republican caucus meeting at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Trump on Tuesday pushed back on demands from Republicans who have threatened to sink his giant tax bill if the legislation does not significantly boost the state and local tax deduction, lawmakers said.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-05-20/republican-budget-bill-creates-awkward-moment-for-marketshttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-05-20/republican-budget-bill-creates-awkward-moment-for-marketsTue, 20 May 2025 16:15:46 GMTA trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, May 19, 2025. A renewed wave of dip buying fueled a rebound in stocks from session lows, with traders trying to look past the US downgrade by Moody's Ratings that has sent bond yields climbing and weakened the US dollar.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-05-16/moody-s-tells-us-what-we-already-know-about-us-credit-ratinghttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-05-16/moody-s-tells-us-what-we-already-know-about-us-credit-ratingFri, 16 May 2025 23:19:42 GMTA sign for Moody's rating agency is displayed at the company headquarters in New York, September 18, 2012. AFP PHOTO/Emmanuel Dunand (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/GettyImages)https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-05-08/trump-announces-a-uk-trade-deal-about-nothinghttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-05-08/trump-announces-a-uk-trade-deal-about-nothingThu, 08 May 2025 19:35:09 GMTWASHINGTON, DC - MAY 08: U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance speak together during an event to celebrate Military Mothers in the East Room of the White House on May 08, 2025 in Washington, DC. Earlier in the day President Trump announced a trade deal with the United Kingdom. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-05-06/trade-bullwhip-effect-will-be-painfulhttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-05-06/trade-bullwhip-effect-will-be-painfulTue, 06 May 2025 18:19:42 GMTThe Matson Lanai container ship docked at the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, California, US, on Monday, April 28, 2025. Since the US raised levies on China to 145% in early April, cargo shipments have plummeted, perhaps by as much as 60%, according to one estimate.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-04-29/canada-s-mark-carney-from-liberal-party-is-the-crisis-manager-it-needshttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-04-29/canada-s-mark-carney-from-liberal-party-is-the-crisis-manager-it-needsTue, 29 Apr 2025 17:32:10 GMTOTTAWA, CANADA - APRIL 29: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives at the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council the morning after the Liberal Party of Canada won the federal elections on April 29, 2025 in Ottawa, Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada’s leader Pierre Poilievre is projected to lose his seat in the House of Commons as it remains to be determined whether he will step down. (Photo by Andrej Ivanov/Getty Images)https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-03-31/the-impossible-trinity-at-the-heart-of-us-tariffshttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-03-31/the-impossible-trinity-at-the-heart-of-us-tariffsMon, 31 Mar 2025 09:00:04 GMTUS flags fly outside a car dealership in Alhambra, California, on March 27, 2025. Automakers were battered on March 27 as stock markets fell on both sides of the Atlantic after US President Donald Trump announced significant tariffs on imported vehicles and parts, pressing ahead with tough trade policies many fear will spark a recession. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-03-14/courting-a-us-recession-is-reckless-and-heartlesshttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-03-14/courting-a-us-recession-is-reckless-and-heartlessFri, 14 Mar 2025 09:30:12 GMTUS President Donald Trump during a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. Donald Trump's primetime address Tuesday night from Capitol Hill, billed as a chronicle of his "Renewal of the American Dream," comes at a critical juncture early in his second term, as voters who elected him to tackle inflation and improve the economy are beginning to weigh the impact of his agenda.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-03-07/commerce-secretary-lutnick-says-the-darndest-thingshttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-03-07/commerce-secretary-lutnick-says-the-darndest-thingsFri, 07 Mar 2025 10:00:00 GMTUS President Donald Trump, left, and Howard Lutnick, US commerce secretary, during an investment announcement in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, March 3, 2025. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's top producer of AI chips, plans to invest an additional $100 billion in US plants that will boost its chip output on American soil and support President Donald Trump's goal of increasing domestic manufacturing.https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-opinion-trump-promises-data/https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-opinion-trump-promises-data/Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:00:01 GMThttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-02-20/something-is-rotten-in-canadahttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-02-20/something-is-rotten-in-canadaThu, 20 Feb 2025 10:30:07 GMTJustin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, speaks during the Canada-US Economic Summit in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. There is strong nationwide support among Canadians for putting export taxes on oil shipments if needed to retaliate against US President Donald Trump's tariffs, a new poll suggests.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-02-07/the-real-danger-of-trump-s-incoherent-trade-policyhttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-02-07/the-real-danger-of-trump-s-incoherent-trade-policyFri, 07 Feb 2025 10:00:42 GMTWASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 06: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast at the U.S. Capitol on February 06, 2025 in Washington, DC. The bipartisan National Prayer Breakfast brings lawmakers and faith leaders together to pray and discuss religion and fellowship. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)