信しん用よう収しゅう縮しゅく

noun

credit contraction; credit crunch

Finance term for a reduction in the availability of loans or credit, often due to tighter lending standards or economic downturn. Antonym: 信用拡大 (credit expansion).

See also: 信用拡大

• 金きん融ゆう危き機きの後あと、信しん用よう収しゅう縮しゅくが景けい気きをさらに悪あっ化かさせた。

  After the financial crisis, the credit crunch worsened the economy further.

• 中ちゅう央おう銀ぎん行こうは信しん用よう収しゅう縮しゅくを防ふせぐために市し場じょうに資し金きんを供きょう給きゅうした。

  The central bank supplied funds to the market to prevent credit contraction.