buyers' strike

American  

noun

1. an attempt on the part of consumers to lower price levels by boycotting retailers or certain types of goods.

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Example Sentences

To many on Wall Street, a foreign buyers’ strike seems like a remote possibility.

From MarketWatch

“And that in turn means you don’t necessarily need a full buyers’ strike to do damage — just a sort of snowball where first political, then risk-management and ultimately momentum-driven reasoning leaves investors wanting to trim their holdings,” he said.

From MarketWatch

“We’re not yet talking any sort of foreign buyers’ strike.

From MarketWatch

Demand was soft at an auction of German 5-year government bonds on Tuesday, but other recent auctions have been "very, very, very bad", said Michael Leister, head of rates strategy at Commerzbank, likening the situation to a "buyers' strike".

From Reuters

“We’ve had something of a buyers’ strike, which is not a phrase I’ve had to use for a while,” said one senior banker who manages IPOs in Europe, preferring to remain anonymous as he is not authorised to speak about his clients.

From Reuters