capital flight
noun[U]
ukusECONOMICS,FINANCE
asituationin whichlargeamountsofmoneyaresentout of acountryto bekeptorinvestedin othercountries, forexample, because offearsabout theeconomy:
How cancapitalflightbeskyrocketingand themarketcrashingwhen, on thesurface, thingslookso good?