Such common illnesses of aging are financial catastrophes for the poor.

In this business model, one legal issue can turn into a financial catastrophe.

The issue is not just that the uninsured live in constant fear of financial catastrophe.

People are wondering how close we came to international financial catastrophe.

Congress is doing its best to make financial catastrophe more likely.

Because having a baby wasn't a financial catastrophe if you weren't insured.

Anything less, he says, is to invite a financial catastrophe.

"This doesn't look like a financial catastrophe to me," one government bond trader said.

The only thing that has really changed is the imminence of the predicted financial catastrophe.

The current financial catastrophe is affecting most countries around the world.