When financial markets discovered that supposedly riskless government bonds might be forced into default, they raised risk premiums dramatically.

But it is a worthwhile risk.

But it is a risk that must be taken.

This entails a twofold risk.

The price system is saying shut down risky production activities and don t undertake any new activities that might be risky.

All policies entail risk.

At first, both the authorities and market participants treated all government bonds as if they were riskless, creating a perverse incentive for banks to load up on the weaker bonds.

As a result, the regime refuses to take any chances.

But gold is also a high risk and highly volatile investment.

Today s new classical economics abstracted from the problem of uncertainty by assuming that it could be reduced to measurable (or hedgeable) risk.

But this is not a long term risk worth taking.

GDP risk is a long term risk.

That's risky. The safe thing to do now is to be at the fringes, be remarkable.

Saving Obama s honor hardly seems worth that risk.

Indeed, a chain of financial intermediaries now earn fees without bearing the credit risk.

The claimant served a notice of default under the joint venture agreement on the ground that the respondent was in breach of the agreement.

Lenders (the bankers) are suspicious, worried about creditworthiness, and demand high risk premia.

Little Ahmed Dawabsheh is fatherless, motherless, brotherless.

MUNICH Once upon a time, stocks were risky and collateralized securities were safe.

Fortunately, financial markets are beginning to address longevity risk.

As a result, there is now an obvious risk of a new internal split in the country.

They are voiceless, unclear , nameless people.

They would also risk being drawn into renewed Israeli operations against Hezbollah and its backers.

These refugee athletes have no home, no team, no flag, no national anthem.

The siege went on for three and a half years, and it was a siege without water, without power, without electricity, without heat, without food, in the middle of Europe, in the middle of the 20th century.

The old tool for managing farmers risks is crop insurance, which responds directly to the failure of a crop.

to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law.

To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.

Increasing leverage boosts returns on the upside but is very risky on the downside.

But any deployment of trainers is seen as too dangerous, expensive, and likely to fail.

But Europeans, while having launched national recovery plans, remain unwilling to take on a similar debt risk.

Strictly speaking, zero rates are observed only for nominal, medium term debt that is perceived to be riskless. But, throughout the eurozone, rates are close to zero and negative for a substantial share of government debt and are expected to remain low for quite some time.

They would pay a price, since investors in these bonds would initially demand a novelty premium.

Such rapid increases represent a risk that is on the same order of magnitude as many of the damage risks that the policies are supposed to address.

These assets become toxic not simply risky, but carrying a risk that cannot be quantified.

Regulators are already talking about imposing leverage ratios, as well as limits on risk weighted assets.

But men who live by the gun are willing to die by the gun, and Musharraf is not taking chances.

Endless

For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.

without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self control, fierce, no lovers of good,

For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

Taking on the powers that be is perhaps the only way to achieve this, however risky it might appear.

But there aren t, so it isn t.

For now, the economics is clear reducing government spending is a risk not worth taking.