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Sep 2021
28m 59s

Time to act now: results of the economy-...

EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
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We at the ECB conducted our first economy-wide climate stress test this year. What are the results? And what do they mean for people, companies, and banks? In this episode of The ECB Podcast, our host Katie Ranger discusses these questions with Vice-President Luis de Guindos and Irene Heemskerk, the head of our climate change centre. The views expressed a ... Show More
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