1. The government has imposed a sharp credit squeeze in an attempt to hold down inflation.

2. It won't be affected by the credit squeeze ...?

3. But they also point to a government-created credit squeeze.

4. The financial credit squeeze and economic recession in Western markets will drive shoppers from upscale brands to value brands.

5. Millions of home foreclosures combined with a continuing credit squeeze and a deteriorating economy have led to a glut of unsold houses on the market.

6. The credit squeeze that has occurred as banks suffered mounting loan losses did not show any significant improvement. Demand for business loans remains weak.

7. With the global credit squeeze making funds harder to come by, sovereign wealth funds have become even more important for the financing of state capitalism.

8. The credit squeeze in the past couple of years has sucked the life out of this export drive.

9. This situation would occur in circumstances as in the late 1960s, when due to a credit squeeze, interest rates rose.

10. In 1974 his property and investment group also faced problems brought on by a credit squeeze and downturn in the building market.

11. The government responded to the payments crisis with a credit squeeze.

12. Two days ago GE had a $3 billion capital infusion from Warren Buffett and the US car industry reported its worst September sales in 15 years, in large measure a result of the credit squeeze.

13. Fresh economic shocks on the scale of the current credit squeeze will occur if US house prices continue to fall, one of the country's leading housing experts warned yesterday.

14. But most companies are rethinking those plans as a credit squeeze begins to bite.

15. One challenge facing M.B.A. students is funding: it's getting harder to get student loans in the U.S., where banks, hit by the credit squeeze, are lending less.

16. Whereas China is boosting infrastructure spending to prop up demand, India's plans to build roads and power plants with the help of private money may be delayed by the credit squeeze.