Corporate treasurers fear bank credit will dry up if banks continue to be mired in their own financial difficulties.

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External sources of credit would dry up because foreign investors, banks and companies would fear that their money would be trapped.

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Hence, secondary risk does exist for the U.S. which could translate to another breakdown in the global economic machine if credit starts to dry up again.

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Managers could not run their businesses against the laws of economics, and officials could not pilfer from them indefinitely, if their source of cheap bank credit were to dry up.

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For small companies in emerging markets, the expense of raising private money is higher and can quickly dry up if the credit markets take a hit.

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To raise the odds of self-funding, first movers have an advantage because the credit, funding, and equity markets will continue to dry up as the crisis unfolds.

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