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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New Atlas, 27 Dec. 2025
Our portfolio continues to yield competitive returns, while reducing exposure to systemic risk that comes from over- concentration in status-quo investment circles.
—Rochelle Witharana, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2025
Under current financial conditions, this won't raise systemic risk.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
Yet the costs of that systemic risk were borne disproportionately by those least able to absorb them.
—Ugo Troiano, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 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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