credit crunch
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Despite warnings from banks and investor exits, Walsh views issues in the $3 trillion private credit market as limited, not a widespread credit crunch.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 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
That was more than double any other response, including fears of a possible credit crunch or a broadening of the wars in Ukraine or the Middle East.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2024
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 Bush, George
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