credit crunch
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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As nervousness spread, even banks eventually stopped lending to each other for fear of not getting their money back, creating a so-called "credit crunch".
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 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
Cass is dismissive of “debt refinancings,” but some of us are old enough to remember the 2008 credit crunch when businesses had trouble issuing commercial paper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 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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