"Deposit outflows" refers to the situation when money is taken out or withdrawn from a bank account, reducing the total amount of deposits held by the bank. Full definition
Greek banks probably will get only a short respite with the help of the European Central Bank from accelerating deposit outflows unless a deal is struck soon by politicians. (bloomberg.com)
Capital controls would become necessary if the ECB decided not to increase emergency liquidity enough to cover deposit outflows or if the central bank opted to increase requirements for Greek banks» collateral, Aditya Chordia, an analyst at JPMorgan, said in a note. (bloomberg.com)
As deposit outflows accelerated, the ECB increased the ceiling of funding four times in the last eight days alone. (bloomberg.com)