International

The House and Senate divide will impede fiscal policy but infrastructure, drug pricing and farm bills can still progress

Three years after being adopted, the UN's 2030 Sustainable Development Goals face multiple challenges

Manufacturing will lose momentum in 2019 amid tighter policy, trade tensions and supply chain shifts eroding profits

Policy is trending away from an open internet in many parts of the world

Electricity consumption will rise faster than GDP, led by robust demand in developing economies

Rising near-term risks could cut medium-term growth if policy is diverted from improving institutions and infrastructure

Renewed interest in emissions trading is positive, but may have come too late to halt climate change

The failure to regulate surveillance is becoming a growing problem