Government measures designed to limit the supply of credit in the economy, in order to curb inflation by controlling growth in the money supply. Two examples of credit squeeze include restricting bank lending and credit sales, and increasing interes rates.
Related information about credit squeeze:
- Credit crunch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A credit crunch (also known as a credit squeeze or credit crisis) is a reduction in the general availability of loans (or credit) or a sudden tightening of the ...
- What is credit squeeze? definition and meaning
Definition of credit squeeze: Government measures designed to limit the supply of ... Two examples of credit squeeze include restricting bank lending and credit ...
- Credit Squeeze - Financial Dictionary - The Free Dictionary
A situation in which it is difficult to finance through borrowing. A credit squeeze often occurs when economic growth is declining and/or when interest rates rise.
- China Credit Squeeze Prompts Suicides - Bloomberg
Nov 6, 2011 ... Hours after a creditor and his gang of tattooed thugs hustled Zhong Maojin into a coffee shop in Wenzhou, he says he wouldn't yield to their ...
- Off the Charts: Return of the Credit Squeeze - Graphic - NYTimes.com
Nov 2, 2012 ... Outstanding loans have begun to decline again in the euro zone as a whole.
- Credit Squeeze
This article is part of WikiProject Definitions. Consider editing to improve it. View articles referencing this definition. Credit Squeeze in...
- Credit squeeze drives custom to Provident Financial | Reuters
Oct 19, 2012 ... LONDON, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Sub-prime lender ProvidentFinancial, which offers credit cards to borrowersshunned by larger high-street banks, ...
- Nieman Reports | Investigating the Nation's Exploding Credit Squeeze
Investigating the Nation's Exploding Credit Squeeze. 'Questions of by whom and for whom need more and better investigation, as well as a look at who are the ...