High-quality, reliable, and comparable gauges are lacking. Here’s how to close the gap. Climate change is transforming the global investment landscape, creating new risks and opportunities. Physical risks, from rising sea levels to the lethal heat waves scorching Europe and elsewhere, affect asset values for everything from stocks to real estate and infrastructure. So-called transition risk—including government policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions—lowers the value of fossil fuel companies. To evaluate these risks and support the transition to a low-carbon economy,...

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This report contains the audited financial statements of the FSB, for the 12-month period from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022. It also provides details on the FSB governance arrangements and its transparency and accountability mechanisms. A detailed explanation of the activities undertaken to implement the mandate and tasks of the FSB is provided in the FSB’s Annual Report, which is a separate report that will be published in November. Available as: PDF Compliments of the U.S. Financial Stability Board.

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During the pandemic, central banks in both advanced and emerging market economies took unprecedented measures to ease financial conditions and support the economic recovery, including interest-rate cuts and asset purchases. With inflation at multi-decade highs in many countries and pressures broadening beyond food and energy prices, policymakers have pivoted toward tighter policy. As our Chart of the Week shows, central banks in many emerging markets proactively started to hike rates earlier last year, followed by their counterparts in advanced economies...

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Technology, Innovation, and Financial Services, speech by Governor Michelle W. Bowman at the VenCent Fintech Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas | Thank you, Commissioner Marshall, for the invitation to speak to you today. It's really a pleasure to be here, finally in person at the Venture Center.1 Much has happened over the past few years, and I have been following your work closely. Technology Is Changing Financial Services Technology and innovation are a priority interest for my work at the Board of Governors....

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Sharing the risks between public and private sectors would direct a greater share of the world’s financial assets to climate projects. Climate change is one of the most critical macroeconomic and financial policy challenges that IMF members face in coming decades. The recent spikes in the cost of fuel and food—and the resulting risks of social unrest—underline the importance of investing in green energy and boosting resilience to shocks. It will require massive global investments to address the climate challenge and...

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