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The Index measure of systemic risk in the U.S. economy, or how the economy suffers major crises, fell five points, from an aggregate score of 115 last quarter to 110 this quarter.
The only risk of growing concern to the American economy, according to the Index, was commodity prices, whose risk weighted contribution to the Index increased 3.5 percent during the quarter. Of all commodity prices, energy commodities are considered the most worrying to the risk managers surveyed.
“The Index this quarter is our most positive to date, reflecting a sense of global economic recovery,” said
The Risk Index survey this quarter also attempted to gauge risk managers expectations for the coming year, and a sense of likely “systemic events.” Risk managers around the world agree that corporate capital for risk management activities will likely fund risk reporting, data management and regulatory implementation projects.
Meanwhile, risk managers are most concerned about a non-U.S. national debt default, crash in the commodities market, and non-U.S. banking crisis as the next likely “systemic events” that test the global economy.
To complete the current Risk Index report, GARP researchers received responses from 620 global risk managers between
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