The goal is to stop the cycle of easing rules on banks in good times and tightening them only after a crisis.

VOA: special.2010.09.17

It wasn't caused by the Fed's sudden tightening against inflation. It was different it was this recession was not understood not anticipated; the Fed came in late to cut interest rates to try to prevent it from being worse because it just didn't seem to have any reason for happening.

它不是由于美联储对通货膨胀的,突然紧缩政策造成的，它不同之处在于,这个经济衰退没有被理解，没有事先准备好；,美联储试图阻止它恶化而,降低利率为时已晚，因为,它似乎看起来没有任何理由发生。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Well after that, the bond price went up because people saw that as a sign that the company was tightening its belt and doing things right to have money to pay off the bondholders; so it was self-interested, I suppose--maybe you can ask him about this.

在这之后,债券的价格升高了,因为人们认为降低红利是一个信号,说明公司开始紧缩开支走向正轨,并且去偿付债券持有人,莱德利夫通过这种做法达到利己的目的,我想你们可以就此事向莱德利夫提问

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He and his team have identified proteins that control the tightening of a plant's pores.

VOA: special.2010.01.26

Security was reported to be heavy at the North Korean border, but there was no apparent tightening in Beijing, where Mr.Kim is believed to be heading.

VOA: standard.2010.05.03

Congressman Henry Cuellar says tightening the border alone won't do the trick.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

Democrat Keith Ellison, one of two Muslims in the U.S.Congress, and fellow Democrat Barbara Lee argued that tightening sanctions would make President Barack Obama'sefforts in negotiations with Iran harder.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

In the year 2000, the United States did ease the agricultural export ban to Cuba, but a later tightening of policy, to require advance cash payments, choked off Cuban purchases of US grain.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

But U.S.officials have lately credited Syria with tightening border controls with Iraq and largely refraining from interference in Lebanon's election process, which culminated in this week's victory by the pro-Western "March 14th" coalition.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

"You know, we're seeing a bit of a change in tide as things get better, but we certainly felt it for a little bit, but as we're all doing, we're tightening the belts and working harder to find those other dollars."

VOA: standard.2010.02.21

"You are going to see an uplift of forces come in and I think you'll start to see this tightening ring of security in and around Kandahar city that I think will then provide the security bubble for governance to start to take in and development to start to take root in Kandahar city."

VOA: standard.2010.05.26