The tightening is also affecting financing activity.

The recent political noise did not help either.

Of course the recent tax increases have not been helpful either.

This is a time of budget tightening,” Barry concluded.

Will there be grammatical errors? – YES – inevitable.

Lisa has inherited “quite a budget crunch from President Trump.

She says: "We've inherited quite a budget crunch from President Trump.

Lisa says: ‘As you know, we’ve inherited quite a budget crunch from President Trump.

Today, we are beginning to witness the fiscal tightening phase of this process.

US budgetary tightening should proceed at a more measured pace to avoid the “fiscal cliff” that current legislation implies.

All evidence suggests that fiscal tightening is indeed happening.

Here’s mine: Let’s say a client cancels a day-long training due to budget tightening.

That is why it is tempting to call the 2010 switch to austerity a Greek tragedy.

A fiscal squeeze -- without any offsetting monetary or exchange stimulus -- will cause tax revenues to collapse.

A fiscal squeeze – without any offsetting monetary or exchange stimulus – will cause tax revenues to collapse.