contagion

Example Sentences

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And that, in turn, spread the stock-market contagion to the bond market.

From MarketWatch

Stablecoins' links to traditional financial markets -- stablecoin provider Tether is among the world's largest purchasers of short-term US government debt -- moreover meant there were contagion risks, the economists warned.

From Barron's

With relatively little fanfare, the walls went up as Italy’s attention was absorbed not in beating back the sea but in breaking the wave of the coronavirus contagion.

From New York Times

It remains to be seen how successful U.S. authorities have been in ring-fencing banks from contagion, and there is little doubt that deteriorating credit conditions will be a drag on growth.

From Reuters

Despite all that, SVB hit a wall earlier this month, collapsing in the space of less than 48 hours and unleashing fears of contagion.

From Reuters