tightening

tightening
tightening UK US /ˈtaɪtənɪŋ/ noun [S or U]
► ECONOMICS, BANKING, GOVERNMENT the activity of limiting the amount of money that people and companies are able to borrow or spend, for example by increasing interest rates: credit/fiscal/monetary tightening »

There is pressure on the Bank of England to increase the pace of monetary tightening.

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A tightening of US monetary policy has always produced a major slowdown in the economy.

► (also tightening up) LAW, GOVERNMENT the action of making a rule, system, or law stronger and more difficult to ignore: »

There has been a tightening of controls over domestic media and the internet.

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The regulator is expected to announce a tightening up of the rules.

► ECONOMICS, COMMERCE a situation in a market where there is less of something available than is wanted or needed: »

The supply and demand pendulum for some metals has swung so far that further tightening of the market seems inevitable.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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