bankfare
bankfare noun: support for banks from government or other institutions.
Noun (1)
bankfare (uncountable)
- Support for banks from government or other institutions.
- Bank profitability is on the mend, but it's not translating into more loans, Mr. Levy said. He attributed the bounce in bank earnings to “bankfare,” his term for the steep yield curve.1992 August 10, Kelley Holland, “Levy Institute Bears Foresee a Slump in '93”, in American Banker, page 2
- Bankfare, the Fed's version of welfare that kept interest rates kind to banks burdened with bad mortgages, can no longer be counted on to support prices. Bank stocks now will stand or fall on the success of operations cleanups and strategic growth, Hayes said.1995 April 7, Peg Brickley, “Most local stocks post strong first-quarter gains”, in Rochester Business Journal, volume 10, number 51, page 12
Noun (2)
bankfare (uncountable)
- The debanking of an opponent, often only to attack, harass, or intimidate.
- We talk about lawfare- I think we should talk about bankfare. [Larry Kudlow: Yes, yes] This is war on the right from the Biden administration. They politicized things that never should have been politicized.2025 August 6, 7:10 from the start, in Kudlow, spoken by John Carney, via FOX Business
Origin of bankfare
Blend of bank + welfare.
From blend of bank + warfare, modelled after lawfare.
Questions about bankfare
- What does bankfare mean?
- Bankfare means support for banks from government or other institutions.
- What part of speech is bankfare?
- Bankfare is a noun.
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