stabilization fund

To bring the city’s budget into balance, council members tapped $29 million in the city’s budget stabilization fund, which was set up to help the city weather periods of slower economic growth.

Another option: to delay repayment of the district’s economic stabilization fund, otherwise known as the rainy day fund, that helps protect the district against unforeseen circumstances.

"However, there are considerable risks associated with the Economic and Stabilization Fund."

News reports have also suggested that regulators are looking at other mechanisms of acting without Congress, specifically by tapping into the Exchange Stabilization Fund.

Senator Bill Hagerty of Tennessee told Yellen during the hearing that it would be a “misuse” of the stabilization fund.