seize-up

The seize-up of financial markets in the aftermath of the Lehman Brothers' collapse exposed deep flaws in Dexia's business model.

Europe Races to Stem Crisis Matthew Dalton 2011

A seize-up in global credit markets would also weigh on the Aussie.

Australian Dollar on Sturdier Ground Cynthia Koons 2012

But given the severity of the current financial seize-up, they are needed — not to prop up Wall Street profits or housing prices, but to prevent a fundamental loss of economic confidence and to maintain a sense of social justice for those of modest means.

Infectious Exuberance 2008

But given the severity of the current financial seize-up, they are needed — not to prop up Wall Street profits or housing prices, but to prevent a fundamental loss of economic confidence and to maintain a sense of social justice for those of modest means.

Infectious Exuberance 2008

The result was a seize-up in the global market for rice: prices rose from $333 a ton in 2006 to $963 a ton in May of 2008.

The Great Disruption 2008

The result was a seize-up in the global market for rice: prices rose from $333 a ton in 2006 to $963 a ton in May of 2008.

The Great Disruption 2008

The current administration nixed the international money-raising program, even before the seize-up in global markets could do the job for it.

The Time Bomb Ticking in 'Mini-India' 2009

As Hungary faced a credit seize-up last week, the European Central Bank took the highly unusual step of supplying a €5 billion emergency credit line — even though Hungary doesn't even use the euro — in part to protect its own banks from Hungarian defaults.

‘A Full-Blown Crisis’ 2008

What is it, then, that causes us to seize-up over darkness and despair, yet completely overlook lightness and joy?

The Present Evidence, Part 1 of 2 2008

After all, the debt-market seize-up, which has left lenders unable to sell the loans they made, is the main culprit for the sharp drop in commercial-mortgage lending.

Wishful on Wall Street 2008