knock-on effect
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San Francisco’s surging tech industry, which is getting a burst of new business around artificial intelligence, may even have a knock-on effect on Los Angeles-area real estate, Haze said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026
A knock-on effect of this would be a deterioration of the problems already ongoing in the private-credit space, wherein many investor redemption requests could not be fulfilled owing to liquidity constraints.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026
The main knock-on effect is a greater chance of teams not only advancing but winning the group before matchday three.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026
One knock-on effect might be that farmers plant less for fear of losing crops to a strong El Niño, making its impact on ag commodity prices a self-fulfilling prophecy, Marex says.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
The software slump had a knock-on effect on alternative asset managers amid concerns over lending to companies in the beaten-down sector.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
