bailout fund
Emergency financial reserve
A bailout fund is a pool of money set aside to rescue failing institutions—typically banks, corporations, or governments—during financial crises.
The term gained prominence during the 2008 financial crisis when governments established emergency funds to prevent economic collapse: The bailout fund injected billions into struggling banks.
Such funds are controversial, criticized as rewarding reckless behavior while letting ordinary people bear the consequences.
- rescueSave from harm
- stimulusWhat prompts a reaction
- injectionSyringe-delivered dose
- lifelineEssential connection to safety
- emergencySerious sudden danger
emergency measures · relief · package · economic stimulus · loan · bridge loan · guarantee · lender of last resort · federal reserve · treasury · crisis · recession · bank · taxpayer · government · intervention · liquidity · too big to fail
- financial safetysavings, safety net, insurance, nest egg, cash reserves
bailout fundbankruptcy proceedings
Legal process resolving unpayable debts
bailout fundcreative destruction
Innovation displacing the obsolete
laissez-faire · bankruptcy proceedings · liquidation · natural selection · non-interventionism
bailout fundtax levy
Compulsory government collection
asset seizure · asset forfeiture · confiscation · forfeiture · windfall tax
bail, bails, bailed, bailing, bailout, bailouts, fund, funds, funded