liquidity crisis

1. 1.

   a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high

   Synonymscredit crunchsqueeze

   Broaderfinancial condition

Questions about liquidity crisis

What does liquidity crisis mean?

liquidity crisis means "a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high".

What is another word for liquidity crisis?

Close synonyms include credit crunch, squeeze. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.