Home » Resource Database Insight The Fed’s Inflation Fight Faces a New Challenge: A Dry Panama CanalRead the insight (The Fed’s Inflation Fight Faces a New Challenge: A Dry Panama Canal)(This link will take you to an external website) About this Insight (Bloomberg, June 2023) A news piece exploring the impact of drought on the water levels of the Panama Canal – and the effect it might have on inflation due to shipping disruption. Read it here. Read the insight (The Fed’s Inflation Fight Faces a New Challenge: A Dry Panama Canal)(This link will take you to an external website) Related resources Drought in numbers (UNCCD, May 2022) The report, an authoritative compendium of drought-related information and data, helps inform negotiations of one of several decisions by UNCCD’s 196 member states, to be issued 20 May at the conclusion of COP15. Read it here. The Asymmetric Effects of Weather Shocks on Euro Area Inflation (Green Central Banking, May 2023) A research paper published by the European Central Bank which examines the effects of weather shocks on euro area inflation, showing that they have asymmetic effects and non-linear impacts that vary by country and season. They also introduce... CMA CGM Penalized for Nature Threats Posed by Untreated Ballast Water BloombergNEF | 2024Location: Global, United States of AmericaCase Study Container shipping company, CMA CGM, faced legal and policy risks associated with non-compliant ballast water. The case study explains the potential ecological impact of invasive species spread due to untreated ballast water and the resulting legal penalties.