Joseph C. Sternberg

The body has become emblematic of the EU's dysfunction, but this year's vote may actually matter.

We'd all benefit from more policy coordination among central banks to stabilize currency markets.

The new majority may reverse bad climate policies, but immigration could prove intractable.

Xi Jinping's government tried to bring housing prices down. Now it wants to force them up again.

Political elites sacrifice economic growth and legitimacy to indulge their distaste for Marine Le Pen.

Attacks sometimes come from the right, more often from the left, and jihadism is a 21st-century wrinkle.

Powell got plenty of flack on inflation. He faces a much more complex choice as the election approaches.

The Japanese currency's rapid appreciation could serve to trigger a global financial emergency.

The FOMC too often speaks with one voice, an oddity in its history and for central banks globally.

The problem isn't too much saving, it's that politics inhibits productive investment of capital.