Capability domain

Financial Strength

Financial Strength encompasses monetary stability, fiscal health, regulatory quality, market depth, capital access, global integration, reserves, and shock absorption that together ensure a nation’s financial resilience, stability, and capacity to support long-term growth.

This domain in the National Capability Atlas

Share of attention worldwide: 8.2%; Over the last 52 weeks, against 8.7% the 52 weeks before. An even share would be 10.8%.
Rank among the domains: 7 of 9; By share of attention worldwide over the last 52 weeks.
Trends: 27 of 250; See them all

Regional Attention

Where Financial Strength draws the most attention: its trends’ shares of all the attention there, added up, and its rank among the nine domains.

By region

Latin America & Caribbean

North America

Southeast Asia

Africa

34.6%

19.0%

12.7%

11.0%

10.6%

10.5%

10.1%

9.2%

8.6%

8.5%

Share of attention in each place, and its rank among the domains there: the 10 highest of 11.

By bloc

12.5%

12.3%

12.1%

11.7%

11.5%

11.3%

10.8%

Share of attention in each place, and its rank among the domains there: the 10 highest of 13.

By country

46.8%

26.4%

25.8%

22.4%

19.4%

19.1%

19.0%

17.7%

15.6%

14.7%

Share of attention in each place, and its rank among the domains there: the 10 highest of 49.

Share of attention over time

The share of all the attention the 250 trends draw that goes to the trends in Financial Strength, week by week, worldwide and in each region. Its even share, 10.8%, is the share it would have if every trend drew the same attention.

Share of attention to Financial Strength

A four-week rolling average, worldwide and in each region, against its even share. Select a place below to bring its line forward.

Top trends

The trends in Financial Strength drawing the most attention, rising or falling most, or moving most, in the place and period chosen.

All Trends

Inflation persistence: 5.0×; attention last 4 weeks; Index 501· +3% WoW· Shifting
AI capital concentration: 4.1×; attention last 4 weeks; Index 407· +20% WoW· Turbulent
Wealth concentration: 2.5×; attention last 4 weeks; Index 246· +26% WoW· Turbulent
Stablecoins & digital currencies: 2.3×; attention last 4 weeks; Index 234· 0% WoW· Shifting
Shrinking fiscal space: 2.2×attention last 4 weeksIndex 218 · +1% WoW · Shifting
De-dollarisation pressure: 2.0×attention last 4 weeksIndex 195 · −4% WoW · Turbulent
Cost of living squeeze: 1.5×attention last 4 weeksIndex 153 · +5% WoW · Turbulent
Sovereign debt burden: 1.4×attention last 4 weeksIndex 144 · −4% WoW · Turbulent
Gold reserve accumulation: 1.1×attention last 4 weeksIndex 110 · −4% WoW · Turbulent
Sustainable finance retreat: 1.0×attention last 4 weeksIndex 103 · 0% WoW · Shifting

The trends with the highest attention intensity for Financial Strength trends only over the last 4 weeks. 1× is the typical trend.

The themes the trends in Financial Strength fall into, with how many of its trends are in each.

Scenarios

The scenarios the trends in Financial Strength bear on most: those with the most of its trends graded High or above.

All 27 trends in Financial Strength

Rank	Trend	Thematic	Intensity	Index	Change, WoW	Volatility
1	Inflation persistence Financial Strength	Public finance, money & integrity	5.0×	501	+3%	Shifting±4%
2	AI capital concentration Financial Strength	AI, compute & automation	4.1×	407	+20%	Turbulent±16%
3	Wealth concentration Financial Strength	Housing, wealth & cost of living	2.5×	246	+26%	Turbulent±10%
4	Stablecoins & digital currencies Financial Strength	Public finance, money & integrity	2.3×	234	0%	Shifting±5%
5	Shrinking fiscal space Financial Strength	Public finance, money & integrity	2.2×	218	+1%	Shifting±3%
6	De-dollarisation pressure Financial Strength	Public finance, money & integrity	2.0×	195	−4%	Turbulent±6%
7	Cost of living squeeze Financial Strength	Housing, wealth & cost of living	1.5×	153	+5%	Turbulent±6%
8	Sovereign debt burden Financial Strength	Public finance, money & integrity	1.4×	144	−4%	Turbulent±7%
9	Gold reserve accumulation Financial Strength	Public finance, money & integrity	1.1×	110	−4%	Turbulent±8%
10	Sustainable finance retreat Financial Strength	Energy transition & power systems	1.0×	103	0%	Shifting±4%
11	Financial inclusion Financial Strength	Public finance, money & integrity	0.99×	99	+1%	Shifting±3%
12	Decline of cash Financial Strength	Public finance, money & integrity	0.99×	99	−3%	Turbulent±6%
13	Stretched asset valuations Financial Strength	Housing, wealth & cost of living	0.89×	89	+14%	Turbulent±5%
14	Private credit growth Financial Strength	Housing, wealth & cost of living	0.80×	80	−3%	Shifting±3%
15	Capital flow volatility Financial Strength	Public finance, money & integrity	0.72×	72	−2%	Shifting±4%
16	Aid & climate finance retreat Financial Strength	Health, biotech & humanitarian need	0.65×	65	−3%	Shifting±3%
17	Pension & care costs Financial Strength	Demography, health systems & work	0.49×	49	−4%	Turbulent±31%
18	Sovereign bond market strain Financial Strength	Public finance, money & integrity	0.47×	47	−4%	Turbulent±5%
19	Crypto-asset mainstreaming Financial Strength	Public finance, money & integrity	0.45×	45	−8%	Turbulent±5%
20	Asset tokenisation Financial Strength	Public finance, money & integrity	0.38×	38	−1%	Turbulent±6%
21	Commercial property repricing Financial Strength	Housing, wealth & cost of living	0.38×	38	−3%	Turbulent±5%
22	Housing affordability Financial Strength	Housing, wealth & cost of living	0.38×	38	−5%	Shifting±4%
23	Disaster risk finance Financial Strength	Climate, water & land	0.28×	28	−2%	Stable±3%
24	Remittance dependence Financial Strength	Public finance, money & integrity	0.23×	23	−9%	Shifting±3%
25	Sovereign debt restructuring Financial Strength	Public finance, money & integrity	0.22×	22	−29%	Shifting±4%
26	Household debt Financial Strength	Housing, wealth & cost of living	0.19×	19	−1%	Shifting±4%
27	Insurance retreat Financial Strength	Climate, water & land	0.01×	1	−6%	Turbulent±8%