The September 2016 Monthly Report analyses the distribution effects of monetary policy and describes the relationship between globalisation and the transmission of global financial shocks to European Monetary Union member states. The performance of German credit institutions in 2015 is also explained.

Climate change, and our response to it, will have a significant impact on economic and financial systems. The impacts will be far-reaching in breadth and in magnitude; subject to tipping points and irreversible changes; and are uncertain yet at the same time totally foreseeable. In particular, while we do not know now exactly what physical and transition risks will materialise, we do know for sure that we will face some combination of those risks. And, crucially, we also know that the size and balance of these future financial risks and economic costs will depend on the actions we take today.