credit risk
Americannoun
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the possibility of loss if a borrower defaults on a loan.
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a borrower regarded as likely to default on a loan.
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However, it is not without risk, including credit risk, liquidity risk and manager-specific risk.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026
This structure transfers some credit risk to the customers, BofA explained.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
After dropping out of residency, Attia worked as a credit risk consultant for McKinsey & Company, and later at an energy company, as a profile of him in the New Yorker notes.
From Slate • Feb. 26, 2026
After the 2008-09 crisis, regulators encouraged banks to reduce credit risk and hold assets deemed safe and liquid.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026
Stage One was to apply a formula that had been dreamed up to cope with corporate credit risk to consumer credit risk.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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