financial uncertainty

collocation in English

meaningsoffinancialanduncertainty

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withuncertainty.
financial
adjective
uk
/faɪˈnæn.ʃəl/
us
/faɪˈnæn.ʃəl/
relating to money or how money ...
See more atfinancial
uncertainty
noun[C or U]
uk
/ʌnˈsɜː.tən.ti/
us
/ʌnˈsɝː.tən.ti/
a situation in which something is not known, or something that is not known ...
See more atuncertainty

(Definition offinancialanduncertaintyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffinancial uncertainty

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Lenders and bor rowers cope withfinancialuncertaintyby agreeing that the interest rate will be two percent more than the prevailing prime rate.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It is a world, therefore, offinancialuncertainty.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It left the universities of this country infinancialuncertaintyamounting to incipient chaos.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That will result in difficulties, problems andfinancialuncertaintyfor the smaller clubs.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The bureaucracy andfinancialuncertaintythis causes for renewables is considerable.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The film industry has also suffered fromfinancialuncertainty.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
But now there is a very great anxiety—an anxiety which results fromfinancialuncertainty.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This suffering is made even worse when compounded byfinancialuncertainty.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I am confident that thisfinancialuncertaintyis an important factor in the private sector as well.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is not only thefinancialuncertaintybut it is the enormous expenditure on armaments and the unbalanced budgets.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They say that health authorities are not taking important strategic decisions because offinancialuncertainty and that such decisions are endlessly postponed from year to year.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Moreover, at a time of plummeting house values, thefinancialuncertaintycaused by a lease nearing expiry provides an additional and unnecessary cause for concern.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This improvement removes thefinancialuncertaintyby ensuring that there is no gap in income between leaving income support and receiving their first wages.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Funeral arrangements take place at a time offinancialuncertainty, and possibly financial stringency for those who have to pay.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Our foreign trade and economic management have enough difficulties without the additional hazard of thefinancialuncertaintyof floating.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
However, it is worth bearing in mind that on occasions they have also been misleading, particularly at times offinancialuncertainty.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
For too long, we have been depending on the heavy industries, with all the ugliness and squalor andfinancialuncertaintywhich that means.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
As matters stand, it is yet another area offinancialuncertainty—certainly for the taxpayer, and probably even for the shareholder.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Finally, we have also recognised that one of the problems with moving into work is thefinancialuncertainty between losing income support and the start of wage payments.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Direct costs are usually related tofinancialuncertaintyand the economic state of the actor.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition offinancial
Go to the definition ofuncertainty
See other collocations withuncertainty