We wrote the provision because when high-risk investing blows up, it should vaporise only the funds of investors, not the credit essential for a strong economy.

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For instance, in 2002 Moody's acquired KMV, the global leader in provision of objective and quantitative credit risk assessment tools.

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It also ignores the provision in the Maastricht rules that credit risk will remain firmly with the sovereign borrower: the European Central Bank will be formally forbidden to bail out any national government.

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Liquidity provision by the central bank reduces systemic risk by assuring market participants that, should short-term investors begin to lose confidence, financial institutions will be able to meet the resulting demands for cash without resorting to potentially destabilizing fire sales of assets.

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The provision was designed to provide oversight of funds and analyze the risk that funds pose to the financial system.

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Findings identified "gaps in service provision", but no children were found to be "at significant risk from harm".

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People at risk of flooding might not receive sandbags from a Devon authority after councillors voted to end the provision.

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Prepayment risk is the risk that a given bond issue will be paid off earlier than expected, normally through a call provision.

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