political risk

In effect, S& P is treating the U. S. like a much smaller country prone to more political risk than would be expected of a great power.

But Pyongyang poses no political risk to the region, and I expect you'll hear very little about it (at least from me) this year.

Peripheral governments could then ease the degree of fiscal cutbacks to encourage economic growth and, with it, political risk.

From a purely investment perspective, political risk is greater than I was used to when running money in the UK and Europe.

Political risk may have pushed the price of crude higher than it would have been otherwise, but there is no way to tell.

With nowhere for interest rates to go but up, bonds do not need political risk to look unattractive.

The reason that investors are now beginning to consider political risk when investing in the US?

The authorities cannot afford the political risk of any infection there, our correspondent says.

The worst thing China could do is to introduce higher political risk into such a calculus.

"This year, global investor focus begins to turn to regions with more perceived political risk, " Elliott told China. org. cn.

The writer is the president of Eurasia Group, a political risk consultancy, and author of 'The End of the Free Market'

The company would avoid any projects that involved high political risk, he added.

Yet China ranks lower in terms of economic freedom and higher in political risk than do some other countries.

Even more daunting is the political risk of doing business in an autocratic government whose policies can change suddenly.

It is not ridiculous to envisage some of today's hottest emerging markets trading on similar valuations after eruptions of political risk.

That's what political risk is, that politicians are slimeballs who will never live up to their part of an agreement.

Investors worry that the political risk in India is greater than they thought, and that corruption is worsening.

Concerns about uncertain political environments and perceptions of political risk often inhibit investment, especially in times of crisis.

Nigel Inkster is Director of Transnational Threats and Political Risk at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Britain.

The demand for political-risk insurance slumped during the financial crisis, as companies made fewer investments.

He pointed to the fragility of its banking system, its reliance on oil, and high levels of political risk.

Furthermore, they say, liquidity and corporate governance are patchy and political risk remains a factor, particularly in Egypt.

Public-private partnerships would entail greater commercial risk for Chinese companies but could reduce political risk.

Indeed, the uncertainties surrounding succession now constitute the biggest political risk facing China this year.

By pledging to push for an agricultural overhaul, Mr. Kan is taking on significant political risk.

Daniel Wagner is CEO of Country Risk Solutions, a political risk consulting firm based in Connecticut and senior advisor to the PRS Group.

Certainly, many of these emerging economies carry with them a considerable amount of political risk.

Another observer, Peter Cole, a political-risk consultant with experience in the region, reckons the LIA also has big investments in Africa.

For Egypt in effect to aid any renewed blockade of Gaza would surely be a high political risk for the Mubarak regime.

Political risk, it seems, is the latest bar to a resolution of Nigeria's banking crisis.

Sure, political risk is lower in the developing world than it was, but still much higher than in developed democracies.

Political risk has risen, with euro-zone politicians displaying a lack of unanimity that has dismayed investors.

Despite efforts to give it precision, estimating political risk is not an exact science.

Because the US has become the sort of place where you have to worry about political risk when you invest.

It is taking on a political risk in concentrating in the region. It should not put all its eggs in this basket.

Bulls suggest this means emerging markets are cheap; political risk, many suggest, is higher in the west than in Asia or Latin America.

Drones also enable a government to avoid the political risk of putting combat boots on foreign soil.

Many Kenyans are sceptical of assurances by outsiders that political risk has diminished.

A joint venture in Guinea would allow Rio to share political risk and Simandou's sizeable development costs.

To avoid political risk, China has employed a reform model one could call "act after trials" .

It is the mirror opposite of Russia, in that market-relevant political risk in Turkey is largely internal, not geopolitical.

But it gets votes in the short term and that's what political risk is, see?

Some are keen to hedge against the political risk of doing business in their own markets.

This year, investors got burned by missing the political risk that has come to bedevil the banking sector.

Such cover accounts for half the political-risk policies written by some underwriters.

Overseas investment risks insured benefits is political risk.

Ian Bremmer is the founder and president of Eurasia Group, a political-risk consultancy.

Falls were driven by energy prices and increased political risk after the Georgia conflict.

economics aside , political risk still clouds the outlook in the balkans and beyond.

With many investors wary of potential risks, political risk insurance becomes essential to bring in investment.

So miners should spread their political risk by digging in multiple countries.

The principle of Plank tells us the objectivity and opportunity of political risk.

Investors may turn to emerging markets to escape growing 'political risk'

From a political risk perspective, that makes us an unstable country.

The three institutions will provide equity and debt finance, credit lines and political risk insurance.

Overall, 2008 will be an increasingly turbulent year for political risk.

Political risk faces investors in central Asia.

But it is also because nuclear combines huge fixed costs with political risk.

Today's sky-high oil price carries another political risk.

Public providers of political-risk cover have some notable advantages over private insurers.

A less attractive route will be via Burma, which will be more meandering and bear more political risk.

That's what political risk is, that politicians will, well, politicians will act like politicians.

No, these are not what people think of as political risk, these are economic risks.

But there is also the spectre of political risk.

Political risk exists to some extent in all countries, and it can manifest suddenly or be slow and creeping.

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