tight money

tight money
{n. phr.} The opposite of inflation, when money is hard to borrow from the banks. * /The government decided that tight money is the way to bring down inflation./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • tight money — When a restricted money supply makes credit difficult to secure. The antithesis of tight money is easy money. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * tight money UK US noun [U] ECONOMICS, FINANCE ► DEAR MONEY(Cf. ↑dear money) …   Financial and business terms

  • Tight Money — A situation in which money or loans are very difficult to obtain in a given country. If you do have the opportunity to secure a loan, then interest rates are usually extremely high. Also known as dear money . When there are tight money conditions …   Investment dictionary

  • tight money — n. money that is hard to get. □ This is tight money. Go easy on it. It’s hard to get. □ In these days of tight money, no new expenditures will be approved …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • tight money — {n. phr.} The opposite of inflation, when money is hard to borrow from the banks. * /The government decided that tight money is the way to bring down inflation./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • tight\ money — n. phr. the opposite of inflation, when money is hard to borrow from the banks. The government decided that tight money is the way to bring down inflation …   Словарь американских идиом

  • tight money policy — UK US noun [C] ECONOMICS, FINANCE, GOVERNMENT ► TIGHT MONETARY POLICY(Cf. ↑tight monetary policy) …   Financial and business terms

  • tight money — noun A monetary policy that makes money, credit, or both readily available to some borrowers. Ant: easy money …   Wiktionary

  • tight money — noun Finance money or finance that is available only at high rates of interest …   English new terms dictionary

  • tight money — See dear money …   Big dictionary of business and management

  • tight money —  When the money supply is constrained, resulting in higher interest rates …   American business jargon

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