# In an op-ed, Prof. Nouriel Roubini identifies four downside risks likely to materialize this year

1 Faculty News February 16, 2012 ![Project Syndicate logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030500.jpg?itok=ONV7lJ6H)>

Excerpt from [Project Syndicate](http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/roubini47/English) -- "At least four downside risks are likely to materialize this year, undermining global growth and eventually negatively affecting investor confidence and market valuations of risky assets."

[Read more](http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/roubini47/English)

Additional coverage appeared in [Slate](http://www.slate.com/articles/business/project_syndicate/2012/02/austerity_china_the_housing_market_and_the_middle_east_four_reasons_to_stay_gloomy_about_the_economy_.html), [Reuters India](http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/02/18/roubini-idINDEE81H02120120218?type=economicNews), [TodayOnline.com](http://www.todayonline.com/World/EDC120218-0000007/The-upticks-downside) and [Korea Herald](http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20120222001205).