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Squeeze

1. In financial terms, a period of time when borrowing is difficult.

2. In general business terms, times when increasing costs cannot be passed onto consumers. The decrease in profits is said to be caused by a "squeeze" on profit margins.

Notes:

Be careful not to confuse this with the short squeeze, which is an upward movement in price of a stock caused by investors covering their short positions.

See also: Short Squeeze

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Squeeze

Period when stocks or commodities futures increase in price and investors who have sold short must cover their short positions to prevent loss of large amounts of money.