The country's economy is extremely vulnerable to external shocks.

But a major contributing cause was external shock, not just domestic therapy.

Without an established safety net, external shocks can cause rural families to fall deeper into a cycle of poverty.

Our situation is much more vulnerable to external shocks than many people think.

Mexico was vulnerable to external shocks because of its weak banking system.

The Japanese track record in adjusting to external shocks has been exemplary.

Their economies are also acutely vulnerable to external shocks or natural disasters.

The price boom on the oil and gas markets represents an external shock over which the Union has very little control.

This has left us better able to cope with external shocks.

It would also increase the ability of the community as a whole to withstand external economic shocks like an oil crisis, the study said.