For a start, the price of credit default swaps, a form of insurance against companies defaulting on debt, went through the roof as investors took cover. AIG, the insurance giant, was carrying a large short position in CDS and faced imminent default. By the next day Hank Paulson, then US Treasury secretary, had to reverse himself and come to the rescue of AIG.
一开始，随着投资者寻求避险，信用违约互换(CDS)——一种规避企业债务违约的保险形式——价格暴涨。保险业巨头美国国际集团(AIG)当时持有大量CDS空头头寸，违约风险迫在眉睫。次日，时任美国财长汉克•保尔森(Hank Paulson)不得不改变姿态，决定拯救美国国际集团。
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