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Companies need to calculate risks as the climate changes
Mar 7, 2024

Companies need to calculate risks as the climate changes

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The SEC passed new rules this week requiring public companies to disclose climate-related risks to investors.

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SEC adopts rule making companies disclose climate risks

Mar 7, 2024
The rules are softer than those initially proposed.
New SEC rules are intended to standardize reporting requirements on things like emissions and exposure to climate change-related disasters.
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When will the Fed cut rates? Senators are likely to put Jay Powell on the spot when he testifies

Mar 7, 2024
He says there's likely to be a rate cut this year, but he won't say when.
Above, Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday.
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A lifeline for NYCB?

An embattled regional bank, New York Community Bancorp, is getting a $1 billion injection from investors to help shore things up. Prior to that news, NYCB stock had fallen 45% during stock trading on Wednesday but ended up 7%. It’s a bank that has a lot of commercial real estate loans on the books. Let’s get some context by turning to Erik Gordon, a professor at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.

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