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Key risk factors with the greatest impact on company earnings in the United States 2016

Key risk factors with the greatest impact on company earnings in the United States in the next three years as of 2016

The data describes the key risk factors with the greatest impact on company earnings in the U.S. in the next three years as of 2016. It was found that 40% of the United States companies considered tougher competition to have a potentially significant impact on company earnings in the three years following 2016.

Tougher competition 40
Customer satisfaction/retention 33
U.S. political/regulatory uncertainty 32
Interest rates 26
Currency volatility 25
GDP growth 24
Product innovation 23
Geopolitical risk 19
Labor and HR issues 17
Energy price volatility 16
Commodity (non-energy) price volatility 16
Liquidity 15
Credit 15
Information Technology risks (e.g. system failure) 14
Cyber risk 13
Tax risk 10
Inflation 10
Supply chain disruptions 10
Intrastructure failure/breakdown 9
Terrorism 6
Natural catastrophe 6