They were the means the banks used to finance lending before the wholesale markets seized up.
Should he just have stood by while credit seized up and ATMs stopped working?
It is presumed that the market for the riskiest mortgage-backed securities has seized up.
The market seized up, creditworthiness came into question and defaults due to an inability to refinance soared.
Then, in the weeks following government approval of the merger in July 2008, the global credit markets seized up.
That weekend, though, as Ellen was relaxing at home, she suddenly seized up.
It caught fire shortly after purchase, but then gave excellent service until its gearbox seized up four years later.
Northern Rock, for example, nearly collapsed in 2007 after credit markets seized up, forcing it to seek a government bailout.
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Without it, cities that have attracted lots of well-educated domestic migrants would have seized up, becoming top-heavy with university graduates.
Restoring a healthy growth rate to the country is pushed further out unless we can unlock the seized up credit system.
In response to his arrest, rumours swirled, the stockmarket tumbled, interbank lending seized up and some ACB depositors withdrew their money.
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But in September 2008, the U.S. financial industry seized up with the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, and global trade almost immediately disappeared.
Barely five steps later both my calves seized up in excruciating cramps.
The illusion that these will be safe in a panic vanished when the Primary Reserve Fund seized up after it broke the buck.
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In the depth of the crisis, as trade for a while seized up, the region, as one of the most trade-dependent in the world, saw growth plummet.
Cascading writedowns continue, and credit is still seized up.
Commercial paper is a way of borrowing money for short periods, typically ranging from overnight, to less than a week, and such contracts have become all but untouchable since the credit markets seized up.
Industry insiders report that prudent institutions were running internal valuation models even when market prices were clearly observable: those that were not had to scramble to develop such models when markets seized up, causing delays in proper disclosure.
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The 101-page complaint details the tightrope UBS officials walked in the last year, balancing their desire not to anger issuer clients with the need to reduce its own exposure to a market that was seized up in the credit crisis.
But along the way he also provides a good sketch of the similarities and differences among the region's diverse economies, focusing particularly on the events in Thailand, South Korea and Indonesia as their currencies plunged and the banking systems seized up.
Vallor is thought to have seized-up 27, 000 computers and caused mayhem in 42 countries with viruses dubbed Gokar, Admirer and Redesi.
Second, Goldman, like others, benefited from one-off boosts, such as the surge in corporate-bond issuance as seized-up markets began moving again in January, and from managing each other's government-backed debt issues.
By the end of September, the state-owned lender had 4, 201 seized homes, up from 2, 215 at the end of last year.
This is what enables an entrepreneur to start a business--not to mention create a whole new industry--that may challenge existing powerful business entities and not have it effectively seized or gobbled up by those already-existing bigcorporations.
You end up getting seized by a sense of possibility, excitement -- inspiration, even.
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Various items, including a vehicle, were seized in follow-up searches in the area.
In London last weekend Occupy protestors seized a Starbucks and set up a library.
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He seized the opportunity and raced up the pitch, before setting up James Coppinger for the winner with the final touch of the 2012-13 League 1 season.
Scott Chipperfield almost doubled Australia's lead when he seized on a mix-up in the South African defence only to see his lob over keeper Hans Vonk cleared off the line by Bradley Carnell.
Gale seized on a defensive mix-up between Leeds full-back Ben Jones-Bishop - his former Quins team-mate - and Lee Smith to level the scores.
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