credit squeeze
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The biggest threat to the economic outlook is a credit squeeze that has not finished filtering through the financial system, a senior official at Fidelity Investments told a European equities conference on Wednesday.
From Reuters ● Apr. 19, 2023
Gregory Daco, chief economist at the consulting firm EY-Parthenon, said he thinks a significant credit squeeze would have “slightly more’’ of an economic impact than the quarter-point rate hike the Fed announced Wednesday.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
When bad debts rose at home, the lenders retreated, leaving a credit squeeze in their wake.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2013
These are areas that have been particularly damaged by the credit squeeze and problems in the eurozone, with lenders scaling back loans and dramatically tightening lending criteria.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 1, 2012
Moves earlier this month toward closer budgetary cooperation among the 17 euro-zone nations was an important step, Draghi said, but will do little to relieve the risks of a near-term credit squeeze.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2011
