Deleverage

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To reduce debt by rapidly selling assets.

    "Because the country is exposed to large interest rate shocks, this triggers a strong precautionary-saving response: households deleverage fast and massively."

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"Because the country is exposed to large interest rate shocks, this triggers a strong precautionary-saving response: households deleverage fast and massively."

Etymology

From de- + leverage.

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