When money moves rapidly out of a country, often due to an event which causes investors to suddenly lose confidence.
The movement of large amounts of money from one country to another, usually for economic or political reasons. see also flight to quality.
a condition in which the rich in the poorest countries take their money out, legally or illegally, to safety, usually in US or Swiss banks
The tendency for both human capital and financial capital to leave developing countries in search of higher rates of return elsewhere.
The movement of savings and liquid financial assets from one country to another and from one currency to another. Often during financial crises, residents of the crisis country will transfer savings and other liquid assets into dollar-denominated assets, often in the United States. This has the effect of putting pressure on the exchange rate and often leads to devaluation and the draining of liquidity out of the crisis country's banking and financial system.
The transfer of capital abroad in response to fears of political risk.
A large and sudden reduction in the demand for financial assets located in a country.
Capital flight, in economics, occurs when assets and/or money rapidly flow out of a country, due to an economic event that disturbs investors and causes them to lower their valuation of the assets in that country, or otherwise to lose confidence in its economic strength. This leads to a disappearance of wealth and is usually accompanied by a sharp drop in the exchange rate of the affected country (devaluation).
