These could include guaranteeing credit to farmers and construction firms.
Among them was a one-year extension of the tax credit, with slight modifications that would allow wind-farm developers to claim the credit for projects that begin construction by Jan. 1, 2014.
Construction companies, for example, are finding that banks have cut off their credit lines, which is why bankruptcies in the construction industry have soared.
Existing homes and new construction qualify for this credit which is restricted to your principal residence.
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For purposes of this credit, existing homes and new construction qualify, as well as principal residences and second homes qualify.
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But concerns that China's economy was overheating led to action by the country's government last year, to cool down a construction boom by squeezing credit.
The pressure to adapt squeezed the builders' cash, leading several top companies to reduce construction and sales efforts while credit evaporated.
They began to experience considerable financial difficulty because of credit card debt and an overrun of home construction costs.
Residential construction was also strong, while credit standards remained largely unchanged.
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The credit provides a subsidy for commercial and residential construction.
Limitations on housing construction are weak job growth, tight credit standards for home buyers, and developer financing challenges.
However, it seems that credit markets were most influenced by weakness in the construction market here a report showed building approvals fell by 7.4% on the month with annual activity 21.8% lower.
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"Sluggish sales and tight credit controls have forced small enterprises to reduce new construction since the start of the second half of 2012, " Tan Huajie, Vanke's board secretary, said at a news conference Wednesday, adding that he expects there may be insufficient new housing supply in the coming year.
The Q4 bounce is almost entirely the result of a loosening of credit, which, not surprisingly, resulted in new construction, especially in housing.
That supply of credit lifted house prices and spurred a boom in residential construction, which filled the gap in demand left by sluggish business investment.
However, as Neville Hill at Credit Suisse points out, two much smaller sectors - construction and energy - have also been pulling the figures down in the past six months.
Chalfin outlasted both Hoffman and Suarez on the project, to some degree pushing them out of the way so that he could both supervise construction of the house and gardens and take credit for the work.
Hit by tightened credit channels and administrative curbs on home purchases, growth in property construction starts, investment and sales in China slowed in 2011.
Under the second deal, China Construction Bank gains exclusive rights to market the official Manchester United-branded credit card in China.
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Half of the construction industry is probably getting December income in cash to get the full credit or defer work till January.
And its businesses will include the distribution of water and electricity, as well as construction, metal refining, insurance, television, chemicals, property and consumer credit.
Restrictions will be relaxed in sectors as diverse as civil aviation, construction development, industrial parks, petroleum and natural gas, commodity exchanges, credit-information services and mining.
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Mr. Deripaska's ceding of an interest in the German construction company and the Canadian auto-parts maker show how severely the global credit crisis is affecting the wealth of at least some of Russia's oligarchs.
Congress this month extended the credit for another year, allowing developers to qualify for the subsidy as long as they begin construction of a wind farm in 2013.
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Even for those projects that were already under construction before the stimulus, they simply received a grant in lieu of a tax credit that they would have otherwise received from the federal government, at essentially the same cost.
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Congress renewed the production tax credit this month for another year, allowing developers to claim the incentive as long as they begin construction in 2013.
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The construction magnate and his powerful board are able to wield influence with banks and allow Real to secure credit on favorable terms which, combined with a lucrative domestic television rights deal, puts them in a stronger financial position.
All this is going on as Lewis strikes deals to buy credit card company MBNA (nyse: KRB - news - people ) and a stake in China Construction Bank.
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