People can make a better return on their deposits, which then become the source of credit to others."

He opened entirely new sources of credit for Hungarian agriculture.

Whatever the reasons, the reluctance to lend has spread to the insurance industry, another big source of credit.

Factoring companies are the main source of credit for the apparel industry.

And finance managers have access to many more sources of credit than a typical consumer has, he added.

"You do well to conceal your sources of credit," Quark said.

After Western sources of credit ran dry, Russian companies in the real economy turned to the government for help.

These loans are typically short-term, and tend to carry higher interest rates than other sources of credit.

Among poor households as a whole, they represent the major source of credit (Berthoud, 1989).

Because of their size they were generally cut off from major sources of credit, and large organizations did not feel comfortable dealing with them.

Financially, the bonds would be only a blip on the city's debt, not a huge new source of credit.

To provide a source of credit, farmers can group together funds that can be loaned out to members.

Homeowners with other sources of credit pay 8 percent interest and businesses pay 6 percent.

The temporary loan would be repaid once Argentina is able to tap the other sources of credit.

Credit cards are no longer a significant source of credit for most of their users.

The West, not cash-strapped Moscow, is the main source of credits and foreign assistance.

These loans, once mainly a source of credit to buy more stock, are now widely available for any sort of consumer spending.

"But there are more alternative sources of credit for consumers now and the Fed is very eager to keep access to credit good."

Several of the biggest, most corrupt banks collapsed in 1995, drying up important sources of credit.

The pawnbroker is now such a rare source of credit that pawnbroking will not be discussed in this report.

Public policy toward the agricultural sector also has included the establishment of subsidized sources of credit.

In effect the Government is imposing a surcharge on an important source of credit: the direct controls it abhors.

Domestic sources of credit were never adequate.

He may now be forced to boost public spending and seek alternative sources of credit after Ecuador's 2008 default on about $3 billion in debt.

The action made the Fed a crucial source of credit for non-financial businesses in addition to commercial banks and investment firms.