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    tightening
    [ noun ]
    the act of making something tighter
    <noun.act>
    the tightening of economic controls


    Tighten \Tight"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tightened}; p. pr. &
    vb. n. {Tightening}.]
    To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any
    manner.

    Just where I please, with tightened rein
    I'll urge thee round the dusty plain. --Fawkes.

    {Tightening pulley} (Mach.), a pulley which rests, or is
    forced, against a driving belt to tighten it.

    1. The Kremlin said it was tightening the tap on Lithuania's natural gas supply Tuesday and may cut oil and gasoline to the Baltic republic for refusing to rescind pro-independence laws, Lithuanian leaders said.
    2. "What we saw in 1988 was a tightening of the noose around the necks of some of the more heavily indebted farmers," explained Neil Harl, an Iowa State University economics professor.
    3. The security policy spokesman for the Free Democrats, Olaf Feldmann, called for tightening of export laws in light of the developments.
    4. The Federal Reserve's apparent further tightening of credit won't be enough to stamp out inflation fear in the bond market, analysts and traders say.
    5. That prompted a slowdown in construction plans, the layoff of about 60 employees earlier in the year and general belt tightening.
    6. One poll, conducted by ABC News on Sunday, ran counter to the trend of a tightening race, finding a 15-point Dukakis lead.
    7. But in a few months time, he says, easier U.S. interest rates and monetary tightening in West Germany will force the dollar below current levels.
    8. Rates could rise, either through continued foreign exchange intervention that drains liquidity or by a direct tightening move, they say.
    9. Nevertheless, if Mr Norman Lamont, the chancellor, announces severe fiscal tightening measures tomorrow, the foreign exchanges may react badly in anticipation of further monetary easing.
    10. Even though the Bank of Japan's slight credit tightening doesn't appear to represent a major policy change, some analysts worry that it could contribute to further weakness in the dollar.
    11. But it wasn't clear whether this would force a tightening of controls.
    12. But one carrier, United Airlines, concedes that some tightening up is needed.
    13. The April 1987 slight tightening in defense of the dollar is one example.
    14. And, while it isn't identified specifically as a labor issue, the fourth-ranked item reflects the tightening labor market.
    15. For much of last year, the Fed generally was perceived to be facing a choice between two relatively straightforward options _ tightening credit to slow inflation or easing it to stave off recession.
    16. Copper futures prices surged Thursday on New York's Commodity Exchange amid signs of tightening supplies and production problems against a backdrop of steady demand.
    17. The tight credit was the government's way of cooling an overheated economy; short-term interest rates peaked at more than 18% in late 1989, up from 11% when the government began tightening in April 1988.
    18. On the one hand, economic news from continental Europe continues to be poor; on the other, stronger growth in the US raises the prospect of steadily climbing bond yields and the possibility of a tightening by the Federal Reserve.
    19. In recent days, anticipation of the report has put pressure on summer and fall contracts, but wet weather conditions in the western part of the Corn Belt has slowed the movement of hogs to market, tightening supplies and boosting the April contract.
    20. Yuri Ustimenko, chief editor of the American desk of the official Soviet news agency Tass, said the Starkov case does not represent a tightening of restrictions on Soviet journalists.
    21. No one wants to be in a market where the central bank's tightening.'
    22. The LTV case helped prod Congress into tightening controls on sponsors of insured plans, and eventually led to a Supreme Court decision against the company that established some limits on what a bankrupt can get away with.
    23. The company expects continued good demand and high profit for softwood pulp produced by its mill at Lebel-sur-Quevillon, Quebec, because of tightening world supplies.
    24. Leukotrienes are known to cause tightening of the air passages in the lungs and increase mucous production in the nose.
    25. While tightening the money supply, Seoul will move to expand savings and boost exports, and begin to deregulate interest rates this year instead of next year.
    26. Some analysts say the higher funds rate could be a sign that the Fed already is tightening.
    27. But he expects evidence of a tightening to emerge later this week.
    28. And the Federal Reserve has just raised the discount rate even when a falling gold price and rising dollar suggest no further tightening is in order.
    29. Revenue at the company has been hurt by the tightening financial positions of some of its major developing-country clients.
    30. Analysts said the market is concerned that producer prices could show that inflation is still a problem, which could lead to further credit tightening.
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