capital flight

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1. The rapid movement of investments out of a market or country that is seen by investors as unstable.

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In 1998, Indonesia experienced a capital flight, which brought on political as well as economic instability.

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After years of U.S. sanctions, the Venezuelan energy sector suffered a heavy blow amid a lack of access to technology and chronic capital flight.

From The Wall Street Journal

There might be capital flight restrictions or dual interest rates.

From Barron's

Capital flight, both human and financial, is also an issue.

From Barron's

A 5% yield on the 30-year Treasury bond is identified as a critical threshold that could accelerate capital flight from the U.S. economy.

From Barron's

But that doesn’t mean a more wholesale wave of capital flight from the world’s biggest economy won’t happen.

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