credit squeeze

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The bank's head of U.S. equity trading strategy, Stuart Kaiser, said institutional investors view big tech companies, which generally have strong balance sheets and low debt, as a shield against a credit squeeze.

From Reuters • Apr. 6, 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

But then, facing huge losses as the global credit squeeze hit hard, it was bailed out by the British government and reined in its ambitions.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2021

Volcker imposed a ferocious credit squeeze, and Reagan supported this wildly unpopular policy.

From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 2021

Everyone could see that Libor rates had shot up, but questions began to be asked about whether they had climbed enough to reflect the severity of the credit squeeze.

From The Guardian • Jan. 18, 2017