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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And that presents a systemic risk to not just Oracle, in particular, but to the tech sector more broadly.
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Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
The second function is to regulate systemic risk in financial markets with the goal of promoting stability.
—Hersh Shefrin, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Risks No One's Modeling Many of crypto's greatest innovations paradoxically heighten systemic risk.
—Mark R. Weaver, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 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
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Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
The second function is to regulate systemic risk in financial markets with the goal of promoting stability.
—Hersh Shefrin, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Risks No One's Modeling Many of crypto's greatest innovations paradoxically heighten systemic risk.
—Mark R. Weaver, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 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
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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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