Natural disaster
Climate change: a new challenge for financial stability?
Do climate change and the transition to a low-carbon economy pose a risk to financial stability? What is the role of central banks?
US regulators offer supervisory relief in wake of hurricane Florence
Fed and state regulatory agencies will relax supervision so the banks can meet community needs
Central banks: the economy’s emergency responders
When economic infrastructure is destroyed during natural disasters, central banks spring into action, engaging contingency plans to ensure the economy continues to run
Fed’s Dudley says Puerto Rico must ‘start from scratch’
Territory must face up to “painful” decisions to tackle debt and infrastructure problems
Bank of Mexico cuts growth forecasts for 2017 due to earthquakes
Renegotiation of Nafta is main downside risk for economy, outgoing governor Carstens says
FOMC shrugs off hurricane damage
Rates on hold as committee judges economy to have weathered damage from two hurricanes
Savings and good governance are best policy against natural disasters – IADB
Chile was able to overcome a major earthquake in 2010 without resorting to international funding
IMF expands access to disaster funds
Economies are offered more generous thresholds for funding in the face of severe natural disasters