A Hidden Geopolitical Threat to the Global Financial System? Oddities in the U.S.-Japanese Yen Intervention

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The real message in the yen intervention

The dollar’s status as a reserve currency is not what it used to be

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Wall Street’s insurance takeover presents circular risks and rewards

Aggressive tactics are prompting increased regulatory scrutiny

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Uber’s Strategy for Fighting Sexual Assault Suits: ‘What Were You Wearing?’

The ride-hailing giant promised to handle legal claims “in a way that is best for the survivor.” Its lawyers are pursuing a far more aggressive strategy.

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What Gabon’s rating downgrade tells us about how sovereign credit worthiness is judged

Sovereign creditworthiness is interpreted and reassessed through several overlapping evaluations.

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Factcheck: No, Europe is not having its ‘quietest’ year for wildfires - Carbon Brief

In recent days, prominent climate sceptics and rightwing commentators have shared charts on social media incorrectly implying that Europe is having its “quietest” year for wildfires in 2026.

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Financial Statecraft or Subordination: Emerging Markets in Global Finance

by Andreas Nölke* The share of emerging markets in the global financial system has grown tremendously during the last decades. This is particularly true for the large economies that are members of …

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The Rising Tide Lifts Some Interest Rates: Climate Change, Natural Disasters, and Loan Pricing

Banks adjust loan spreads after observing natural disasters linked to climate change. We isolate this updating process by identifying loans to borrowers at risk of, but not directly affected by, such....

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When Insurers Flee, Climate Risk Doesn't Disappear: It Concentrates

There's a comforting way to describe what's happening in California, Florida, and increasingly the UK: insurers are "pulling back from risky areas." It sounds like the market doing its job, pricing da...

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Tenbury Wells: A Canary in the Insurance Industry's Coalmine

How Tenbury Wells became a test case in the UK insurance & climate crisis: flood cover withdrawal, doubling premiums & the uninsurability trap.

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The Rising Tide Lifts Some Interest Rates: Climate Change, Natural Disasters, and Loan Pricing

Banks adjust loan spreads after observing natural disasters linked to climate change. We isolate this updating process by identifying loans to borrowers at risk of, but not directly affected by, such...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Climate change is turning parts of Europe into an insurance nightmare

Frequent, expensive natural disasters are testing Europe’s ability to protect itself against the cost of global warming.

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Urban infrastructure and fossil fuel industrial legacy drive US data center siting - Nature Cities

Data centers predominantly occupy urban areas, influenced by local power capacity, information technology employment and broadband quality. This study highlights the impact of infrastructure and indus...

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Insurers Are 'Actively Evaluating' New Catastrophe Risks as Europe Burns

Europe's insurers are bracing for a new era of catastrophe risk fanned by rising temperatures in the world's fastest-warming continent. Insurers,

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‘It’s too fast, too big’: speed of climate crisis is devastating crops, say farmers

Drought and extreme heat are killing plants, driving up prices while also making some farms economically unviable

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Wall Street learns to love blockchain

Financial companies hope to modernise markets with the technology but systemic risks remain

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Walter insurers paid millions of dollars to credit rating provider Egan-Jones

Billionaire investor faces wide-ranging probe into the private credit holdings of insurers he controls

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US Treasury undertakes historic intervention in yen market

New York Fed sells euros to buy yen following recent speculation that Tokyo intervened to support Japan’s currency

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Opinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again. (Gift Article)

To face our own history, we must be honest about it.

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Alfredo Saad-Filho & Jack Taggart | Defense Dividends

The interpenetration of private finance and the military

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ECB official warns climate crisis poses growing threat to ‘core financial stability’

Exclusive: As wildfires rage across Europe, Frank Elderson tells the Guardian nature loss poses a growing risk to the global economy

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French state-backed reinsurer CCR ends support for oil and gas expansion - Reclaim Finance

French state-backed reinsurer CCR will no longer make new investments in companies developing new oil and gas projects across the entire value chain.

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Europe’s long hot summer

Wildfires show climate change adaptation needs to move up the agenda alongside mitigation

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On Call in a Burning City: How Extreme Heat Is Reshaping Women’s Platform Work in Delhi NCR

Thousands of Indians are falling ill and dying of preventable deaths due to extreme heat. Heat Watch is helping expand awareness, capacity, and accountability to facilitate better decision-making and ...

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