tightening betydelse and definition

Betydelse av tightening på svenska

• 0 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.

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

• 1 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.

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

• 2 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.