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The report also said the credit squeeze that has occurred as banks suffered mounting loan losses did not show any significant improvement.

The move was an emergency response to a spreading credit squeeze as the availability of dollars for European banks has tightened.

He said the credit squeeze was a "serious crisis" that was still unfolding with a high degree of uncertainty.

Like the commanders of a disorderly retreat, central banks have to date staged a piecemeal response to the credit squeeze, to little effect.

In other words, they were betting that just about all the ill effects of the credit squeeze had already shown up in third-quarter profits.

Surely the credit squeeze is not so severe that you cannot wait a month or two for a return on your gift giving?

How much the weaker trend across Europe owes to the credit squeeze is not clear.

His comments are among the clearest statements of the risk of a credit squeeze from a banker in Europe's largest economy.

Mr Rato said the credit squeeze was a "serious crisis" that was not over yet and would curtail growth worldwide.

Along with a credit squeeze, the measures are limiting the supply of new apartments and forcing many developers out of the industry.

The worst of the credit squeeze this year has compelled at least a few business people to flee the country or even commit suicide.

Jean-Claude Trichet, ECB president, said the impact on the real economy of the global credit squeeze remained unclear.

US banks suffering the effects of the global credit squeeze have been able to tap desperately needed capital.

Chocolate even got caught up in the credit squeeze that has afflicted financial markets this year.

The credit squeeze that has plagued banks did not show any significant improvement.

This time the resilience of equities in the face of the credit squeeze may depend on the bull market in emerging market equities.

That leaves the Mittelstand, the mid-sized firms that are the backbone of Germany's export-driven economy, most exposed to a credit squeeze.

Weak banks are not the only reason for a credit squeeze.

High risks and the global credit squeeze led multinational trading firms to pull back in Brazilian frontier regions in recent years.

Although the US remains the biggest buyback market, corporate balance sheets there have been weakened significantly by the credit squeeze .

In doing so they have cushioned the impact of the credit squeeze and ensured that mortgage lending in the US has not come to a sudden stop.

In the absence of policy change the credit squeeze could be regarded as a harbinger of a Chinese crash to come.

If sheer brainpower is what Wall Street needs to find its way out of the wreckage of the credit squeeze then things are looking up.

But most companies will be able to shrug off the credit squeeze.

Blackstone was hit hard by the credit squeeze, posting a net loss of $113m due to a non-cash charge related to its initial public offering.

As the western economies stumble under empires of debt, Russia is largely unaffected by the credit squeeze.

Global warming is slipping down the agenda and being replaced by the credit squeeze and immigration.

The ADB said it was working on the assumption the credit squeeze would lead to a slowdown in US growth rather than a recession.

The impact of the "credit squeeze" and downturn in the US housing market could be anywhere between mild and severe.

Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, has thus far steered the group through the credit squeeze in fairly good health.

The growth of lending to firms other than banks has slowed materially for the first time since the credit squeeze began.

Indian companies have relied on debt to fund overseas acquisitions so the credit squeeze will affect their ability to do deals.

Bears say that the credit squeeze must inevitably affect the supply of credit to consumers.

Some London-based traders are finding the US a good source of wines as the credit squeeze puts financial pressure on some collectors.

This type of behaviour would represent a turning point in risk appetite since the summer of 2007, when the credit squeeze emerged.

Mr Lewis shrugs off the view that any credit squeeze-induced slowdown in the US would affect Asia.

During the week of the invasion, capital outflow reached $16bn, causing a sudden domestic credit squeeze.

They also showed that the financial sector had suffered much greater losses from the credit squeeze than many had thought.

For SMEs, this change has led to a credit squeeze, which is pushing many to the brink of bankruptcy.

It is probable that the credit squeeze and associated correction in the housing market will weaken consumption sharply this year.

US capital markets remain large and liquid, even if the reputation of Wall Street has been damaged by the credit squeeze.

With off-balance-sheet vehicles becoming strained and losses mounting, the credit squeeze looks set to intensify.

But Australia's mining boom has cushioned the economy from the worst effects of the global credit squeeze.

They will face trouble on several fronts and it is they who could turn a healthy credit squeeze into a nasty crunch.

The household credit squeeze, while still intense, may not be getting tighter.

Gerald Lucas, senior investment adviser at Deutsche Bank, said: "Investors now believe the credit squeeze will last a lot longer. "

But the credit squeeze means borrowed funds are now harder to come by, which leaves its economy vulnerable.

While the Australian market is not in such dire straits, the credit squeeze is causing problems for local property and mortgage funds.

The investment challenge comes as private equity managers are facing a worldwide credit squeeze.

But most companies are rethinking those plans as a credit squeeze begins to bite.

Rather than facing a widespread credit squeeze, the SME sector is undergoing a painful process of restructuring.

A credit squeeze will aggravate the housing bust and falling house prices could drag spending down further.

The moves show that leveraged buy-out firms are realising the credit squeeze may last longer than first expected.

Secondly , credit squeeze toward investment purchasing house in 2010 will cause negative influences on Sanya's real estate market .

The credit squeeze can continue and can get worse: vulnerability abounds and contagion could yet spread further.

The bigger risk is Wenzhou's credit squeeze spreading to other parts of the world's No. 2 economy.

But they also point to a government-created credit squeeze.

For those lenders continuing to operate, the credit squeeze means that costs are rising.

By contrast, Anglo-American markets will be most affected by the credit squeeze.

As outsiders cut back, a credit squeeze is threatening even healthy borrowers.

A weaker US economy as well as the higher financing costs caused by the credit squeeze will only have a braking effect.

It shows deepening pessimism about the impact of the global credit squeeze.

The credit squeeze in the past couple of years has sucked the life out of this export drive.

The credit squeeze that evolved into recession began in August 2007 with widespread defaults on high-risk home loans.

Anglo-American markets will be worst affected by the credit squeeze.

At the time, China was under a severe credit squeeze as Beijing struggled to bring down inflation as high as 24%.

Few guessed the far-reaching effects of the credit squeeze.

But it will do little to protect the economy from a prolonged credit squeeze.

The credit squeeze has lasted for four months and shown signs of getting worse.

There are several routes that get us from a credit squeeze to a recession.

Part of the problem is a severe credit squeeze.

On August 27th Macquarie's shares tumbled almost 10%, after a UBS analyst said that the global credit squeeze was hurting its business.

Yesterday marks a turning point in the story of the credit squeeze.

So it is odd to find that wage controls are back on the agenda in the wake of the credit squeeze.

French firms are facing a credit squeeze, as banks cut lending in order to meet new capital requirements (see article).

However, the value of M& As declined in the second half of 2007 following the summer's credit squeeze.

But the credit squeeze is far broader.

China's economy is expected to expand by about 10 per cent next year and India's by 8 per cent, in spite of the credit squeeze.

The credit squeeze has eased in America, but less so in Europe.

We can not Borrow money during the present credit squeeze .

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