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BoE’s Talbot highlights economic risks from extreme weather

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Information graphic, not a photograph. Talbot cited a study estimating that 30 days of low Rhine water reduced German industrial production by around 1%.
Original information graphic, not a photograph. This reports a study cited by James Talbot; the underlying research has not been independently verified.
Fiscaloom original information graphic; source: Bank of England speech, 23 October 2026

James Talbot said in a speech that annual global damages from weather-related events had more than doubled since the early 2000s, reaching over $200bn in 2025.

James Talbot cited a study estimating that 30 days of low water on the Rhine reduced German industrial production by around 1%.

James Talbot said in the speech that the October 2024 Valencia floods reduced Spain’s GDP growth in the fourth quarter of 2024 by between 0.1 and 0.2 percentage points.

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