"Most of the year, the exogenous shock of the Afghan War doesn't touch our lives."

"Vulnerability" in this case stands for the underlying susceptibility of economically deprived people to fall into poverty as a result of exogenous random shocks.

Since coping strategies for vulnerable households depend primarily on their sources of income, exogenous shocks can increase reliance on non-agricultural wages.

However, after several years of experience, with the exception of a few exogenous shocks, different states developed more functional and stable banking industries.

Their model has become influential because earlier real business cycle models typically relied on large exogenous shocks to account for fluctuations in aggregate output.

Developing financial vulnerability indices to help communities adjust business portfolio to minimize losses from exogenous shock.

"If the environment for investment banking improves and they don't have any other exogenous shocks, the company has the capability of earning at a much higher rate."

It could also be used to protect vulnerable, low-income countries from the effect of exogenous shocks.

Now consider how the equilibrium in the unionized sector is affected by various exogenous shocks.

A credit crunch occurs when the act of using credit is no longer possible, normally as a result of a significant exogenous shock.