GlobalData: Europe risk score eases for investors in the first quarter of 2023

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Europe’s risk as a home for investor capital eased in the first quarter of 2023, driven by several positive changes to economic indicators, according to GlobalData analysis.

Lower energy prices, reduced supply constraints, improved consumer sentiment and a strong labour market helped improve the continent's risk scoring with the data company. Based on all these factors, Europe's risk score decreased from 33 out of 100 in the fourth quarter of 2022 to 32.9 in Q1 2023. Among the 41 countries evaluated in the European region for the latest worldwide GlobalData risk report, 17 were identified in the very low-risk zone, 13 countries in the low-risk zone, 10 as having manageable risk, and one country under high risk. Maheshwari Bandari, economic research ana...

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