To me, context is about pattern recognition.

It's connecting the dots.

It's giving readers an ability to synthesize

a number of different perspectives

so they can understand how the greater whole works,

because nothing really occurs in isolation anymore.

I'm Tim O'Brien and I'm the senior executive editor at Bloomberg Opinion.

On our platform, we ask tough questions and solve complex problems with the facts in mind.

Start exploring our opinion coverage and more at Bloomberg.com slash subscribe.

This is

This is Bloomberg surveillance.

Historically, we have never seen oil prices come off this far this sharply without seeing a production response of a significant magnitude.

I think banks are going to have a very tough goal of it.

And the only way you're going to make money over the next 12 months is to trade them.

You wonder whether there's now a case beginning to be built to say,

we need fiscal stimulus around the world and maybe

the IMAP should begin to help that process.

Bloomberg surveillance, your link to the world of economics, finance and investment on Bloomberg Radio.

Good morning, I'm Michael McKee.

Along with Tom Keene, it's 7 AM on Wall Street, 7 PM in Beijing,

where today the Chinese government touched off a global stock rally by

reporting that country's exports jumped by the most in a year during March. The

...