---

• n  the act of making something tighter
  the tightening of economic controls
• v  make tight or tighter
• v  become tight or tighter
• v  restrict
• v  narrow or limit

• Throughout the cease-fire diplomacy of last week, the Arabs kept tightening their oil blockade of the West.
• Though not to Washington's complete satisfaction, Abdullah began tightening up on potential terrorist financing, scrutinizing Islamic charities and freezing some suspect bank .
• This morning, I wrote up a post noting an apparent lack of tightening in the polls.

• tighten
• fasten
• stiffen
• tighten up
• constrain
• reduce

• loosening

News & Articles

---

• NFL makes new rule about bags at games
  (KTNV) -- The NFL is tightening its rules on what you can bring with you to the stadium and it's leaving women all over the country a bit peeved.
  June 17, 2013 - KTNV Las Vegas
• Japan fears losing diplomatic buffet battle to China
  Tokyo (AFP) June 17, 2013 Belt-tightening in Japan's diplomatic service is cutting the quality of canapes on offer abroad, the foreign ministry has said, leading to fears Tokyo is losing the battle of the buffets to Beijing. Diplomats in Tokyo say China appears to be ramping up its spending on its missions while Japanese diplomats are being forced to scrimp, the ministry said. Allowances for ...
  June 17, 2013 - Space War
• How to Manipulate Equity Markets Down, the Bernanke Way
  By Terry Connelly When Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified before the Joint Economic Committee of Congress on May 22, he noted in his testimony that an unanticipated (premature) tightening of the Fed’s monetary policy would probably entail a “major … Continue reading ?
  June 17, 2013 - The Exchange via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

---

• Donald Kohn in 940 News
  Should the elevated turbulence persist, it would increase the possibility of further tightening in financial conditions for households and businesses,Kohn said in remarks to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
• Ben Bernanke in MarketWatch
  It remains too early to assess the extent to which household and business spending will be affected by the weakness in housing and the tightening in credit conditions,Bernanke said in remarks prepared for delivery to the New York Economic Club.
• Barack Obama in Financial Post
  During this period of economic emergency, families are tightening their belts, and so should Washington,Mr. Obama said. "That's why I am instituting a pay freeze on the salaries of my senior White House staff. Some of the people in this...