credit crunch
Britishnoun
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The credit crunch came this year because Medallia’s loans contained provisions requiring Thoma Bravo to invest more in the business if it failed to meet earnings targets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
"It's a private credit crunch, rather than a banking-driven credit crunch, that we're worried about."
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
Problems in private credit aren’t so widespread as to cause a massive credit crunch and downturn in the economy and markets.
From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026
He warns that a credit crunch or pullback in sentiment such as seen the early 2000s would see a lot of that spending by those companies drop fairly fast.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 16, 2025
Further, for the untold number of hard-working, responsible American workers and businessmen and women who've been forced to go without needed bank loans, the banking credit crunch must end.
From State of the Union Address by George Bush
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