Political turmoil in Venezuela has disrupted markets and a conflict with Iraq would potentially do the same.
That fighting, like the fighting today, disrupted markets, kept out aid shipments and led to rapid inflation of food prices.
"The current environment is characterized by disrupted markets and a deteriorating, uncertain economic outlook," Moody's said.
Wall Street's unease yesterday followed a period of calm after worries about the credit markets disrupted markets worldwide over the summer.
Poor rains, disrupted markets and one of the world's worst piracy problems have imperiled the food supply and put Somalia on the brink of starvation.
The border closings and the isolation of Palestinian towns behind Israeli Army checkpoints have prevented imports of raw materials and goods, blocked exports and disrupted marketing.
The loss of independent firms that functioned as market makers — like Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and Wachovia — has disrupted markets, she said, and so has the continued unwinding of leveraged bets, often packaged as complex derivatives, taken by hedge funds.
Diverse and complex challenges in new venture formation demand rare and exceptional entrepreneurial acumen, particularly in technology-driven environments where disrupted markets amplify the factors and magnitude of uncertainty and risk.
But the biggest costs were incurred when the fall of Lehman created fear and disrupted markets more broadly, leading directly to the deepest recession since the 1930s.
Assange and company wrought deep disruptions in the marketplace of state power, much as tech-savvy insurgents before them had disrupted markets in music, film and publishing.
