country risk

country risk definition - finance
A risk that an investor must bear when investing in a foreign country. Strikes or political or financial turmoil are just a few of the country risks that may cause an investment to be wiped out or seriously impaired.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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