Financial Risk

Monitoring sovereign, currency and banking sector risk

Combining EIU’s market-leading data and country expertise in a rigorous risk-modelling framework, our Financial Risk service enables you to accurately identify sovereign, currency and banking sector risks posed by political and economic developments across 131 markets.

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Our trusted information, the way you want it

Get the insights you need, when and where you need them. From briefings delivered in your boardroom to the latest data available in your information portal, EIU offers a wide range of delivery channels to support your workflows.

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Why EIU’s Financial Risk analysis?

Product benefits

Unparalleled coverage—assess the financial risks to your business posed by the political and economic situation in each country, with up to 220 macroeconomic variables provided in each report
Consistent methodology—compare economic risk easily across countries, with a standardised format and forecasting methodology
Actionable intelligence—download, manipulate, and analyse data in your own financial and risk-rating models using our Viewpoint API for faster decision-making
Information you can trust—our country risk ratings are independent and impartial. Explore reliable data with information gathered, checked and assessed by our in-house team of experts

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Product features

Financial Risk provides three risk rating reports per year. Each report contains:

Executive summary—all of the essential information covering the five main financial risk ratings categories (sovereign, currency, banking, politics, and economic structure risk analysis)
Analysis and outlook—explanations of the risk ratings, including any positive or negative grade changes, as well as the ratings outlook for the next two calendar years
Our medium-term forecast—a two-year forecast of the political, economic, and external payments situation
Data tables—forecasts and back series for a wide range of macroeconomic data relevant to financial risk assessment, including the public finances, exchange rates, the banking sector, and the external payments position
Regular event-driven economic analysis—updates are provided whenever events that affect our financial forecasts occur

Use Financial Risk to:

Assess and compare sovereign, currency, and banking sector risk in 131 markets
Analyse credit risks posed by the political and economic situation in each country
Identify the financial risks to your business or investment
Download data for your own financial and risk-rating models

Financial and country risk service is relevant for:

Financial institutions

Corporations

Governments

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Non-governmental and intergovernmental organisations

Coverage

EIU’s Financial Risk enables you to accurately identify sovereign, currency and banking sector risks posed by political and economic developments across 131 markets.

Asia

Middle East & Africa

Europe

Americas

Financial Risk service

EIU’s ratings are based on 59 individual indicators covering five different risk factors, including political and economic structure risks. Contact EIU to learn more.

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