monetary tightening; credit squeeze
Economic policy term for reducing money supply or raising interest rates to cool an overheating economy. Often contrasted with 金融緩和 (monetary easing).
The central bank moved to monetary tightening to curb inflation.
Mortgage rates rose due to the monetary tightening policy.
Monetary easing, the opposite policy of increasing money supply or lowering interest rates.
General tightening or austerity; 金融引き締め specifically refers to monetary policy tightening.
Standard kanji spelling for monetary tightening.
Variant spelling using 引締め instead of 引き締め; both are used.
Compound of 金融 (finance, monetary) and 引き締め (tightening, from 引き締める 'to tighten').