Greg Ip

A perfect storm is gathering over food prices. So concludes a new report from S&P Global. It sees a confluence of three factors at work: the soaring price of diesel, ubiquitous in agriculture; a shrunken supply of fertilizer inputs; and El Niño, the p... See more

Back in 2000, as the Federal Reserve raised interest rates, entrepreneurs and investors surfing the internet wave insisted it didn't matter. 'Everybody knows the Fed's going to raise rates in February, but as this comes closer, VCs are throwing ever large... See more

This week in Alaska, President Trump reupped his promise of $5,000 to every American if Republicans win the midterms. That follows his $500 payments to Obamacare subscribers and $90 to Medicare beneficiaries, plus so-far-unfulfilled pledges of rebates fro... See more

COPENHAGEN and STOCKHOLM—Sweden's central bank has been worrying about what cashless consumers would do if an emergency such as a Russian cyberattack took down the electrical or communications grid. And so as of July, Swedish consumers can buy essential g... See more

The spike in French bond yields is mostly driven by the country's crushing debt and politicians' inability to agree on a solution. And, perhaps, the remote prospect of a truly extreme solution: default. In August far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon, a cand... See more