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The Big Take from Bloomberg News brings you inside what’s shaping the world's economies with the smartest and most informed business reporters around the world. The context you need on the stories that can move markets. Every afternoon.
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SCOTUS Strikes Down Trump’s Tariffs
The US Supreme Court on Friday handed President Donald Trump one of the biggest losses of his second term, striking down his signature tariff plan. On...
The Sixth Bureau Episode 3: Suck, Squeeze, Burn, Blow
In Episode 3 of The Sixth Bureau, a series from The Big Take, we follow a spy from China’s Ministry of State Security to the Paris Air Show, and then...
Trump’s Plan to Dismantle the Department of Education
The Department of Education has been a target of critics for decades. Republicans in the Oval Office have repeatedly tried to shrink the agency, and i...
The Rush to Buy Real Estate in Mecca
For the first time in history, Saudi Arabia is allowing international buyers to purchase property in Mecca. This regulatory shift has ignited a buildi...
Why Beef Is Getting So Pricey
Inflation in the US has cooled from pandemic peaks, but there’s a grocery product telling a different story: beef. The price of uncooked ground beef s...
The Sixth Bureau, Episode 1: Your Friend From Nanjing
It’s an open secret that the Chinese government has engaged in a global campaign to acquire intellectual property from foreign rivals. At the center o...
The Sixth Bureau, Episode 2: The Spy’s Diary
In Episode 2 of The Sixth Bureau, a limited-run series from The Big Take, we learn how China’s Ministry of State Security recruits experts in the West...
Trump Accounts Promise Free Money. Is There a Catch?
In July, American parents will be eligible to open Trump Accounts on behalf of their children. The administration touts these investment accounts as a...
Finally, Some Good News on US Jobs
The latest jobs report from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics is a mixed bag. January’s numbers came in much stronger than expected — but revisions on...
What Takaichi’s Landslide Election Win Means for Japan
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a historic election win, positioning her as the nation’s strongest leader in the postwar era.
On...
Can the US and Iran Make a Deal?
The prospect of US military action in Iran and the possibility of regional war continue to loom over indirect talks between the two countries.
I...
Weekend Listen: George Saunders Imagines an Oil Exec’s Deathbed
What is the best way to tell a climate story? This week on Zero, Akshat Rathi speaks with Booker Prize-winning novelist George Saunders. His new novel...
Betting on Sunday’s Game? Here’s Who You’re Up Against
When the Seattle Seahawks take on the New England Patriots on Sunday, more than $2.6 billion in wagers will be on the line. A growing share — $800 mil...
Generic Versions of Weight Loss Drugs Will Upend the Market
Shares of Novo Nordisk were down Thursday morning after Hims & Hers introduced a compounded version of its Wegovy pill. The dip came two days after No...
Has the AI Reckoning Arrived?
AI anxiety is coursing through the stock market right now. From Tuesday’s global selloff in software and technology stocks to last week’s $381 billion...
Behind Thailand’s Push to Recriminalize Cannabis
Four years after Thailand became the first country in Asia to decriminalize cannabis, its booming market is at a crossroads. Initial high hopes for a...
What Is (And Isn’t) in the Latest Epstein Files Release
The Department of Justice released another batch of documents from the so-called Epstein Files on Friday. It brings the total number of pages the DOJ...
Weekend Listen: Why the Tech World Is Going Crazy for Claude Code
In the AI industry, there's always a hot new thing. First it was ChatGPT. Then it was the image generators. There was the DeepSeek moment. In the latt...
How Kevin Warsh Could Shape the Fed’s Future
After months of speculation and a publicized selection process befitting The Apprentice, President Trump has announced his pick to lead the Federal Re...
The Fight Over ICE Funding
The US Senate failed to advance a government spending package on Thursday, setting up for a partial government shutdown.
At the center of the de...
Trump Keeps TACOing. What If Markets Stop Caring?
Not long ago, markets would have lurched if a president threatened to impose tariffs, attack a foreign nation or compromise Federal Reserve independen...
Japan’s Bond Crash Sent Shockwaves Through Global Markets
From sinking Treasuries to global selloffs, the turmoil in Japan’s bond market is being felt far beyond its borders.
On today’s Big Take Asia P...
Can Europe Break Up With the US?
From his ambitions to acquire Greenland to his retracted (for now) threats of tariffs on European countries that oppose him, President Donald Trump co...
Weekend Listen: Japan’s $2 Trillion ‘Dementia Money’ Cliff
Japan is home to the world’s oldest population and a growing share of the country’s financial assets – about $2 trillion – are controlled by seniors w...
Banks Really Hate Trump’s Credit Card Proposal
President Trump has revived a campaign pledge to cap credit card interest rates at 10%. It’s an effort to address affordability concerns among America...
Why Trump v. Cook Matters
Across the ideological spectrum, Supreme Court justices appeared wary of President Trump’s attempts to fire Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook i...
Trump Takes His Case for Greenland to Davos
In an unprecedented speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, President Donald Trump ruled out taking Greenland by military force, but...
Inside ICE’s Plan to Build Detention ‘Mega Centers’
ICE has been open about its aggressive detention and deportation targets. And now, the agency has its sights set on a new kind of facility to house th...
Trump’s Economy, One (Second) Year In
This week marks the end of President Trump’s first year back in office. His busy economic agenda included global tariffs, deregulation, tax cuts and s...
The Domino Effect of the ‘Donroe Doctrine’
For Beijing, the US capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was a mixed bag -- an embarrassing surprise, a wake-up call over its alliances in L...
Trump’s Latest Target: Corporate Landlords
Since the 2008 financial crisis, private equity firms and other large investors have bought hundreds of thousands of homes across the US, expanding th...
Pressure Is Mounting on Iran's Regime
Weeks of protests in Iran started over the high price of food and essential goods. They quickly engulfed the nation and, before long, were met with de...
The Jump in ICE Funding Behind The Minneapolis Surge
This week, following the deadly shooting of Renée Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, the state of Minnesota sued the federal government in a bid to...
What the DOJ Subpoenas Mean for the Fed
On Sunday night, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced that the US Department of Justice had served the Fed with grand jury subpoenas threaten...
Why Trump Wants Venezuela’s Oil
After the Trump Administration’s strike on Venezuela and the arrest of President Nicolás Maduro, there’s one word on everyone’s mind: oil. President T...
All Eyes on Greenland
Within days of the US raid on Venezuela, President Donald Trump and his administration turned their attention to Greenland, renewing European fears th...
The ACA Subsidies Fight Hits the House Floor
The US House of Representatives will vote today on whether to extend subsidies for the Affordable Care Act that bring down health care costs for milli...
How Venezuela Shifts China’s Calculus
The US strike on Venezuela and capture of President Nicolás Maduro sent shockwaves across the globe — particularly in China, Venezuela’s top crude buy...
How the Fall of Maduro Could Echo Around the World
President Trump announced early Saturday morning that the United States had carried out a strike against Venezuela and captured its president, Nicolás...
Wall Street’s Predictions for 2026
Every year, Wall Street’s top minds — strategists, economists and portfolio managers — pack their best ideas into dense market outlooks, often running...