Word: tightening
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...competing under unaccustomed Olympic rules rather than the more conservative collegiate rules which tighten point scoring...
...felt by some officials, however, that the new regulations will eventually force some departments to tighten up on their bookkeeping...
First, he will probably rely on the Federal Reserve Board to further tighten the money supply. Last week Board Member Sherman Maisel, a Johnson appointee who had voted against last December's increase in the discount rate, surprisingly called on bankers to hold back loans for excessive inventory buying or plant expansion. Still another rise in the discount rate is by no means out of the question...
...argues that the Government should continue pushing and stimulating the economy, even at the risk of some inflation, in order to bring unemployment down to 3%. Treasury Secretary Henry Fowler's aides argue just as firmly that the Government should tighten up a bit on spending and credit policy in order to check prices and get the nation's international payments into balance...
...labor market is now as tight as during the Korean War-and Viet Nam could tighten it further...