Usually, it is credit that provides the leverage, and credit is by nature reflexive.

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Can I pay by credit card?

(2) Settlement by letter of credit

When the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers endangered the credit of financial institutions, private credit was replaced by the credit of the state, revealing an unrecognized flaw in the euro.

Today s Brazil is constrained by inadequate supply of credit.

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By replacing the private credit that is being withdrawn with public credit, the external imbalances within the eurozone are being perpetuated.

Credit Where Credit is Due

Of course, the upswing was marked by super abundant credit.

Convention on Independent Guarantees and Stand by Letters of Credit.

The credit crunch in the banking system is becoming more severe as banks deleverage by selling assets and rationing credit, exacerbating the downturn.

Irresponsible borrowing by governments in international credit markets requires irresponsible lending.

Table 17 Access to credit by the employed population, 1995 2001

This risk was highlighted by the recent downgrade of Italy s credit rating by Standard Poor s.

Unlike the days of yore, when cutting the price of credit could boost borrowing, quantitative easing purportedly works by stimulating asset and credit markets.

Credit expansion must now be followed by a period of contraction, because some of the new credit instruments and practices are unsound and unsustainable.

Today s crisis marks the end of economic growth fueled only by credit.

Such households are especially vulnerable if their purchases are financed by credit.

The statistics concerning customers of credit institutions by gender are not available.

Non cash transactions may also be made by means of credit cards.

Any United Nations bond issue would be evaluated by market participants and potential investors by its credit rating, which is a formal evaluation of the creditworthiness of the bond issue by an independent credit rating agency.

Abbreviations WT 732, Notice that bank credit has been received WT 812, Recording of credit item received on bank account by Accounts Unit, Financial Services Section.

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Credit lines secured by home equity provided another new way to finance spending.

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United Nations Convention on Independent Guarantees and Stand by Letters of Credit (1995)

Credit risk in the mortgage market is being assumed by the government, and market risk by the Fed.

Moreover, money markets, especially in Europe, remain traumatized by the festering global credit crunch.

Credit easing and support of the banking system helped significantly by preventing much worse.

In addition, the facility of payment by credit card is close to being finalized.

Unfreezing Credit

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Rural Credit

Financial Credit

Each crisis hit economy had increased its financial leverage the ratio of domestic credit to GDP by 30 percentage points over five years shortly before their credit bubbles popped.

Clarifying ultimate responsibility for credit quality and risk would also reduce intermediation costs by eliminating the need to resort to informal channels, such as credit guarantee and trust companies.

As land is the major asset used as collateral to obtain rural credit, women have limited access to credit facilities.6 Withdrawal of credit provided by the Government in rural areas as the result of an increased liberalization and privatization of the financial sector can make access to credit even more difficult for women.

The crisis was caused by the largest leveraged asset bubble and credit bubble in history.

By loosening credit in this way, they recovered, one after another, from the Great Depression.

This is the strategy chosen by the United States with its earned income tax credit.

This way public credit registries and credit bureaux may be able to operate and provide adequate and up to date electronic credit information.

Banks and credit card companies have become much more cautious about extending credit.