Congress has approved the first increase in corporate average fuel economy in thirty years, propelled by worries over rising oil prices.

A profile of the Group of 20 major and emerging world economies.

Germany’s Bundesbank remains an influential actor in eurozone policymaking, and its recent disagreements with the ECB raise concerns about managing the zone’s debt crisis. This Backgrounder explains.

This publication is now archived. The Iraq insurgency, which broke out after President George W. Bush declared the end of major combat operations in Iraq in May 2003, has killed more than 1,000 U.S. …