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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This marks a clear departure from the Biden administration’s more cautious approach, under Acting Comptroller Michael Hsu, who viewed crypto as a potential systemic risk echoing the 2008 financial crisis.
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Jason Brett, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Some caution that the boom, if left unchecked, could morph into the next source of systemic risk.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 7 July 2025
Other economists have suggested golden shares could be a way to maintain oversight of sectors that pose a systemic risk to the U.S. economy.
—Cecilia Hult, Fortune, 20 June 2025
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston recently pointed out that private credit could be a systemic risk to the financial system under a severe adverse scenario, which is exactly what the stress tests are supposed to test for.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 28 June 2025
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Jason Brett, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Some caution that the boom, if left unchecked, could morph into the next source of systemic risk.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 7 July 2025
Other economists have suggested golden shares could be a way to maintain oversight of sectors that pose a systemic risk to the U.S. economy.
—Cecilia Hult, Fortune, 20 June 2025
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston recently pointed out that private credit could be a systemic risk to the financial system under a severe adverse scenario, which is exactly what the stress tests are supposed to test for.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 28 June 2025
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systemic risk
noun
sys·tem·ic risk
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: 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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