purse strings

Loosening the purse strings did not mean abandoning the frugality that was the clearest consumer trend during the recession.

But so far, at least, the anxiety doesn't seem to have led to more tightening of the purse strings.

In late summer, as Europe's economies barely ticked over, bankers across Europe seemed ready to ease their grip on the purse strings.

Abu Dhabi was willing to help when crisis hit, but it is tightening its purse-strings and some of its own property companies are struggling.

Yet even if shoppers are out in force, their purse strings are likely to be tightened by rising unemployment.

We need to ask the opinion of our investors before making large strategic decisions, since they have the purse strings.

I spent most of my salary this month on a computer, so I'll have to tighten up my purse strings for a couple of months.

Or it may be that Abu Dhabi, the richest of the emirates, which has long bankrolled Dubai, wants to tighten the purse strings.

The U. S. Constitution gives Congress power over the nation's purse strings.

The party's current strategy is to argue that Mr Obama is too soft on America's enemies and too loose with the purse-strings.

But the settlement tied the state governments to tobacco's purse-strings; they now had an interest in the industry's success.

Smaller houses with tighter purse strings often rely on the contacts of their PR agencies or more-creative methods to get acquainted.

Hamas controls nothing in Gaza besides the streets; the PA bureaucracy there, and its purse-strings, are in Mr Fayyad's hands.

Such words will surely be welcomed in Beijing as it ponders further loosening its purse strings.

Chinese women aren't exempt: we're either wilting lotus blossoms, or ferocious dragon ladies who hold the purse strings to the household.

Think. You start the suction, and you start digging for those purse strings before she bleeds to death.

Banks have tightened their purse-strings and the cheap credit that financed deals during the private-equity boom has dried up.

Many were less thrilled before they attended, forced to participate by parents who control the purse strings .

If firms loosen their purse-strings to hire workers and to invest, that will allow governments to scale back their borrowing.

Well, he certainly knows now who holds the purse strings, if he didn't before. I only hope he's not preying on you.

He got his punishment, however, not from the author, but from the public who hold the purse strings.

In addition, ministries control special funds of their own, so the cabinet's hold over the national purse strings is weak.

The government already opened the purse strings wide in 2008 and 2009, and the stimulus is beginning to wane.

The politicians who control federal purse strings; tightenedthe corporate purse strings.

Worries about the economy have skittish consumers tightening their purse strings.

no they dont. But they do have the purse strings on us. Thats more powerful than our entire military.

Investors are already tightening their purse strings.

Hard times may even persuade some companies to loosen their purse strings.

The purse strings of the controllers are empty now and they must raid the temples of others to secure their position of power in the world.

Some struggle to send money home to their families, often rebuffed[3] by their husbands who control the purse strings.

He's tied to her purse strings.

This is rather new for the IMF, which has rarely advocated loosening purse strings in poor countries.

Even as purse strings tighten, spending on kids--from their tutoring to their art classes--remains generous.

The plutocrats may yetbe tightening their purse strings.

Although I earn the pay, It's my wife who holds the purse strings.

In our house, it was my mother who held the purse strings.

In America, by contrast, anxiety about public debt is making businesses and consumers tighten their purse strings.

My mother always holds the purse-strings in my family.

Since the government holds the purse-strings, it can more or less dictate terms to TEPCO.

In my home, my mom hold the purse strings.

Dad holds the purse strings in our family.

He holds the purse strings in the family.

If you want to buy the villa, you must hold the purse strings from now on.

But it's important to remember you have little control over individuals who hold the purse strings and make decisions based on gut instinct.

Giving patients partial control of the purse strings

we all give our wages to mother - she ' s the one who holds the purse strings in our family