Wall Street is adopting advanced catastrophe models to forecast wars, as global conflicts have nearly doubled since 2008, impacting economies with $22 trillion in violence costs.
Number of countries in external conflicts has risen
Jun 14, 2026
05:26 pm
What's the storyAs wars continue to disrupt the financial industry, Wall Street is turning to new catastrophe models for predicting military conflicts.
The move comes as the number of countries involved in external conflicts has nearly doubled since 2008. According to the Institute for Economics and Peace, there are now just over 100 such nations.
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