What is the economic impact of Hurricane Irma?

The United States dodged a bullet with Irma, but experts say that's no reason to celebrate. read more

Florida is bracing for a possibly catastrophic hit from Hurricane Irma, and even with the fourth largest economy in the United States, the economic impact to the Sunshine State could be severe. read more

According to our estimates, Irma’s economic cost to Florida will reach $ 52 bn . As a result, we have revised Florida’s real GDP growth forecast to 2.5% in 2017 and 3.4% in 2018, from our previous forecast of 3.6% a nd 3.3%, respectively. read more

What the total economic impact of these storms will be is unknown. Hurricane Irma is bearing down on Florida as a category 4 storm and follows Hurricane Harvey, which impacted the Texas coast and dumped up to 50 inches of rain on parts of the Houston metro area late last month. read more