«Rising oil prices, additional correction in the equity markets and
a further tightening of credit could trigger some economic weakness,» Dr. David Leareah told delegates attending NAR's annual conference in San Francisco in November.
We have interest rates about to rise, and little if any positive impact left from
further tightening of credit spreads.
The current state of the global economy threatens to cause
further tightening of the credit markets, more stringent lending standards and terms and higher volatility in interest rates.
Not exact matches
But as the recession
tightened credit offerings, the popularity
of microlending has extended to the U.S. — especially as aspiring entrepreneurs are starting ventures with
far less than the $ 50,000 business loan threshold common at many banks.
It said that the availability
of credit to both households and businesses had
tightened further and the output in the UK was likely to fall sharply this year.
In the face
of tightening bank
credit, this will cut back new corporate spending on plant and equipment,
further slowing the economy.
A
tightening of emerging - market
credit is already under way and corporate borrowing costs show signs
of rising, adding
further to the downward pressure on global growth.
Social
credit is aimed at «
further tightening the web
of social control,» says Maya Wang, a researcher with Human Rights Watch in Hong Kong.
7) I've sometimes commented that at the start
of a
tightening cycle that those who have been cheating blow up, like Third Avenue Focused
Credit, which bought assets
far less liquid than the shares
of its mutual fund.
9 ways to avoid the subprime spillover problems — The
tightening of credit in the mortgage world has had limited effects so
far among
credit card issuers, but there are ways to make sure it won't hit you at all, experts say.
Thus
far, the decline in real estate prices has been linked to everything from the Wall Street crash and
tightening credit markets to lax lending practices by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the resulting low interest rates that contributed to artificial inflation
of home prices.
In the near - term, it will likely mean some belt -
tightening among those with variable rate mortgages and lines
of credit, and with more increases expected, some consumers will be scrimping
further as the year goes on.
According to NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun, the steady recovery is expected to continue over the next few years, barring
further tightening of mortgage
credit availability or the much discussed «fiscal cliff.»