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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At some point soon, the best proprietary models will cross into this systemic risk category.
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Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2024
Those that pose a systemic risk will need to sign onto a voluntary code of conduct to work with the commission to mitigate risks.
—Jillian Deutsch, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2023
The report also criticized the Fed for underestimating the systemic risk posed by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, suggesting that regulators overlooked the panic that could result from a bank concentrated in a slice of the tech industry.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2023
Plus, alternatives do nothing for the systemic risk of the indexes or traditional money managers used in the core of the portfolio.
—David Thomas, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
On the contrary, more banks applying the same weak banking practices would have only amplified the systemic risk.
—Mark T. Williams, Fortune, 21 June 2023
Unlike last cycle, the consumer has to qualify for the higher rates so poses less of a systemic risk to the wider economy.
—Lance Lambert, Fortune, 22 June 2023
A day later, Yellen said in something of a reversal that the federal government is ready to take more action to stop bank contagion if necessary to curb systemic risk.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 26 Mar. 2023
While the financial system remains under stress, experts said, the current unrest is unlikely to pose a systemic risk, since the damage is contained within a relatively narrow group of banks vulnerable to high interest rates and depositor panic.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2023
Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2024
Those that pose a systemic risk will need to sign onto a voluntary code of conduct to work with the commission to mitigate risks.
—Jillian Deutsch, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2023
The report also criticized the Fed for underestimating the systemic risk posed by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, suggesting that regulators overlooked the panic that could result from a bank concentrated in a slice of the tech industry.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2023
Plus, alternatives do nothing for the systemic risk of the indexes or traditional money managers used in the core of the portfolio.
—David Thomas, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
On the contrary, more banks applying the same weak banking practices would have only amplified the systemic risk.
—Mark T. Williams, Fortune, 21 June 2023
Unlike last cycle, the consumer has to qualify for the higher rates so poses less of a systemic risk to the wider economy.
—Lance Lambert, Fortune, 22 June 2023
A day later, Yellen said in something of a reversal that the federal government is ready to take more action to stop bank contagion if necessary to curb systemic risk.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 26 Mar. 2023
While the financial system remains under stress, experts said, the current unrest is unlikely to pose a systemic risk, since the damage is contained within a relatively narrow group of banks vulnerable to high interest rates and depositor panic.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2023
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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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