credit crunch

English

Noun

credit crunch (plural credit crunches)

1. (economics, finance) A period of economic crisis in which credit and investment capital are difficult to obtain.

Derived terms

• credit-crunched

Translations

period of difficulty in obtaining credit

• Finnish: luottolama
• French: resserrement de crédit (fr) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kredittskvis m, kredittilstamming m or f

• Swedish: kreditåtstramning c

Further reading

• credit crunch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia