instability

/ˌɪnstəˈbɪləti/ noun [U or C] (plural instabilities)

Definition

› ECONOMICS, POLITICS the fact of a situation being likely to change, in a way that is worrying, or the changes that happen: political/economic instability Investors should keep in mind the political and economic instability in many emerging markets. This paper argues that it is the underlying economic crises that cause the socio-political instabilities in most of these countries.

(Definition of instability noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)