tight money

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My son, Joel, said, "I think your tight-money policies of the past year have contributed greatly to the crisis."
我的儿子乔尔说道：“我认为，你在过去一年中，实行货币紧缩政策，在很大程度上，造成了这场危机。
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Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, first appointed by Jimmy Carter, deserves enormous credit for bringing inflation down to 3.2% in 1983 from 13.5% in 1981 with a tight-money policy.
吉米卡特时期提名的美联储主席保罗。沃克尔堪称居功至伟，他以货币紧缩政策成功地把通货膨胀率由1981年的13.5%降低到1983年的3.2%。
This is destructive from a global point of view: with much of the world economy still depressed, the last thing we need is major players pursuing tight-money policies.
从全球的角度来看这是有破坏性的做法：在世界经济仍处在低迷状态的时候，我们需要的只是主要经济体能够推行紧缩性货币政策。
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The Fed is hardly in a position to swing from a tight-money, inflation-fighting stance.
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He allowed tight-money policies to go into effect, cut Federal spending, and attempted to balance the budget.
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America's labour market remains tight and money-supply growth has been worryingly rapid.
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