Word: reassert
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Because federal agencies have begun to reassert regulatory control over the past two years, credit terms are tightening up. The Government has required banks to boost their ratio of equity to total outstanding loans, so that institutions will have more of their own holdings at risk. As a result, banks are being more careful about making loans and borrowers are finding it harder to get credit...