All economic risk articles – Page 4
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Europe enters 2022 in weakened political state
A resurgence of anti-establishment sentiment and agitation in Europe is likely, amid uneven national recoveries from the pandemic - Dragonfly
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Omicron variant hits business sentiment
Half of the respondents report that their business is currently being affected by the supply-chain crisis - Oxford Economics
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Omicron variant stalls UK recovery
Weak GDP for October shows how vulnerable UK economy is to fresh covid shock - Hargreaves Lansdown
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WEF champions “adaptive” SMEs
Factors that once disadvantaged small and medium-sized firms now work more in their favour
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D&Os fear ‘COVID effect’ as responsibilities rise
Nearly a third worry decisions made during the pandemic could come back to haunt them - QBE
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Brexit remains a top risk for UK firms
Recession, skills shortage, supply chain disruption and loss of reputation are other key concerns - Aviva
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Supply chain woes to continue into 2022
Supply-chain disruption poses the greatest risk to global economic recovery, according to Oxford Economics
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BI keeps European risk managers awake at night
Business interruption, commodity price risk and economic slowdown are chief concerns for European corporates - Aon
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GDP an “unsustainable” measure of growth
Global wealth has grown overall, but at the expense of future sustainability and by exacerbating inequalities, warns World Bank
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FERMA Talks: Channelling strategic foresight
Horizon scanning is an essential tool for policymakers, explained European Commission vice president Maroš Šefčovič
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Zombie companies to drive insolvency surge
Insolvencies in Italy and the UK will be 34% and 33% higher in 2022 than they were pre-pandemic - Atradius
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Global M&A on track for record-breaking year
Global acquirers are on track to record their first annual market outperformance since 2016 - Willis Towers Watson
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ESG shaping construction risk profiles
Global construction output is expected to grow by 42% by 2030, driven largely by government stimuli - report
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Supply chain disruption dents confidence
Half of businesses expect supply chain disruptions to continue beyond the middle of 2022 - Oxford Economics
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2021 on target for economic growth of 6.2% - Atradius
Pace of recovery is “generally surprising” among advanced markets, but new COVID variants pose a threat
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Boards sharpen focus on external risks - McKinsey
Directors seeking to identify risks that can “test a company’s resilience”, including political risk and the climate crisis
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Rome to feel as hot as Agadir, Morocco, by 2050
European cities will increasingly experience pressure on power and water supplies due to regular heatwaves, warns Verisk Maplecroft
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COVID masks Brexit impact on UK-EU trade
UK trade with the EU has declined at twice the rate as trade with the rest of the world - Atradius
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Emerging risks and the “COVID effect”
Government support programmes have kept alive unviable zombie companies, while wealth inequality has broadened, finds Swiss Re SONAR
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Firms facing period of transformative change
COVID-crisis will lead to a new period of rapid, transformative growth and prosperity, predicts Studio 44