Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Risk roundup 2010


Top risk forecasters highlight their picks for this year’s economic and political hot spots.

Where will the greatest risks—known and unknown—flare up on the global business landscape this year? In this roundup, three prominent forecasters scan the horizon.

Among the risks the Economist Intelligence Unit’s latest global business risk assessment highlights are growing political instability from rising global unemployment, macroeconomic risks as stimulus measures fade, and financial-system risk spreading to sovereign debt in Greece and other countries.

European fiscal divergence makes the list as well at the Eurasia Group, which also sees diminished appeal of economic partnership between China and the United States raising concern, while Iran faces growing pressure at home, regionally, and globally.

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