systemic risk
noun
: the risk that the failure of one financial institution (such as a bank) could cause other interconnected institutions to fail and harm the economy as a whole
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As the economy expands, Fink said corporate earnings will do well and despite assets valuations and some geopolitical issues, the market isn’t facing any real systemic risk.
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Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 2 Oct. 2024
Again, the idea that nobody was regulating systemic risk prior to the creation of FSOC, in a holistic way or any other way, is undeniably false.
—Norbert Michel, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Remember that systemic risk comes primarily from inadequate banking capital.
—Kristine Gill, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2024
Content by this author: Beijing’s Debt Dilemma China’s ballooning corporate debt remains the number one systemic risk to global economic recovery.
—Edoardo Campanella, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
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Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 2 Oct. 2024
Again, the idea that nobody was regulating systemic risk prior to the creation of FSOC, in a holistic way or any other way, is undeniably false.
—Norbert Michel, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Remember that systemic risk comes primarily from inadequate banking capital.
—Kristine Gill, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2024
Content by this author: Beijing’s Debt Dilemma China’s ballooning corporate debt remains the number one systemic risk to global economic recovery.
—Edoardo Campanella, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
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systemic risk
noun
sys·tem·ic risk
sis-ˈte-mik- 
: the risk that the failure of one financial institution (as a bank) could cause other interconnected institutions to fail and harm the economy as a whole
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