COMMUNITY INVESTMENT MANAGER

Credit Crisis Investment

credit crisis


A credit crunch (also known as a credit squeeze or credit crisis) is a reduction in the general availability of loans (or credit) or a sudden tightening of the conditions required to obtain a loan from the banks.


Term referring to the current global economic situation, beginning as far back as 2005 with U.S. interest rates rising, creating the sub-prime crisis in the housing market. It describes a severe shortage of money or credit.

investment


A thing that is worth buying because it may be profitable or useful in the future


An act of devoting time, effort, or energy to a particular undertaking with the expectation of a worthwhile result


the commitment of something other than money (time, energy, or effort) to a project with the expectation of some worthwhile result; "this job calls for the investment of some hard thinking"; "he made an emotional investment in the work"


investing: the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit


The action or process of investing money for profit or material result


outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism