flight to cash
n.— «Last week, investors fled even the safest of all bond investments, the US treasury long bond, in a flight to cash.» —“Business: The Economy; Corporate bonds bomb” BBC News (United Kingdom) Oct. 13, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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