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.
一開始，隨著投資者尋求避險，信用違約互換(CDS)——一種規避企業債務違約的保險形式——價格暴漲。保險業巨擘美國國際集團(AIG)當時持有大量CDS空頭頭寸，違約風險迫在眉睫。次日，時任美國財長漢克•鮑爾森(Hank Paulson)不得不改變姿態，決定拯救美國國際集團。
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