stabilization fund

American  

noun

1. a monetary reserve established by a country to provide funds for maintaining the official exchange rates of its currency by equalizing the buying and selling of foreign exchange.

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Example Sentences

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. could provide a $20 billion swap line, buy Argentina’s dollar bonds or give the country credit via the Treasury’s exchange stabilization fund.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 27, 2025

To bring the city’s budget into balance, council members tapped $29 million in the city’s budget stabilization fund, which was set up to help the city weather periods of slower economic growth.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2025

Senator Bill Hagerty of Tennessee told Yellen during the hearing that it would be a “misuse” of the stabilization fund.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2023

The government in March hiked export taxes on soy oil and soymeal from 31% to 33% and created a wheat stabilization fund to tamp down local prices of flour.

From Reuters • May 20, 2022

Of the 2,750 million dollars required for the fund, 1,800 million dollars will be provided in cash or notes from the exchange stabilization fund established under the Gold Reserve Act of 1934.

From State of the Union Address by Truman, Harry S.