"credit crunch" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: credit crunches [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} credit crunch (plural credit crunches)
  1. (economics, finance) A period of economic crisis in which credit and investment capital are difficult to obtain. Categories (topical): Economics, Finance Derived forms: credit-crunched Translations (period of difficulty in obtaining credit): luottolama (Finnish), kredittskvis [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kredittilstamming [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kreditåtstramning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-credit_crunch-en-noun-Hoo4iq95 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: business, economics, finance, science, sciences

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