In the face of such uncertainty, markets froze.

And while there are signs that mature economies are recovering from the panic that froze credit markets, we are by no means beyond the danger zone.

Small wonder that when the sub prime market blew up, these markets also froze.

Consider also the credit markets.

Sami froze.

I'm tired and I'm hungry and my tail's froze, and my nose is froze and my ears are froze.

We might've froze!

International capital markets already have curtailed credit to these countries.

Improving access to assets, including land, credit, technology and markets

The big surprise here is not that central banks acted decisively and boldly when financial markets froze and economic activity plummeted.

She totally froze up.

Grunwalski... froze to death.

With credit markets impaired, further quantitative easing may still be needed.

Irresponsible borrowing by governments in international credit markets requires irresponsible lending.

It's hard to believe that it's less than a year since the extraordinary moment when the finance, the credit, which drives our economies froze.

Then panic spread to credit markets, money markets, and currency markets, highlighting the vulnerabilities of many developing countries financial systems and corporate sectors, which had experienced credit booms and had borrowed short and in foreign currencies.

Not only that. I froze.

I dunno, I... I froze.

And my toes are froze.

Not allowing the necessary consolidation is weakening credit markets, not strengthening them.

Secondly, we froze our defence expenditure.

I think my computer just froze.

The sucker froze, shit his pants.

We're froze clean to our bones.

Moreover, money markets, especially in Europe, remain traumatized by the festering global credit crunch.

I froze in the middle of street.

Unlike the days of yore, when cutting the price of credit could boost borrowing, quantitative easing purportedly works by stimulating asset and credit markets.

Indeed, economies and markets no longer face liquidity problems, but rather credit and insolvency crises.

With credit markets impaired, the Fed could buy more government bonds or private sector debt.

Many countries support women entrepreneurs, including by increasing their access to credit, training and markets.

At the very least, markets like ETS should credit emissions reductions that result from limiting deforestation.

In the US, reviving the credit markets requires stopping the mortgage defaults driven by negative equity.

Global stock markets have, overall, reached new highs. And credit markets show low spreads, while long term bond yields have fallen in most advanced economies.

Financial markets were eager to lend to these households, in part because the credit markets were deregulated, which served as an invitation to reckless lending.

But markets would happily gorge on bonds backed by the full faith and credit of the eurozone.

Little wonder, then, that we are now witnessing a significant correction in equity, credit, and commodities markets.

Froze to the saddle! A sunburn right through your clothes!

It froze for a week in the summer of 1929

We're froze stiff. We're givin' up. Oh, no, you don't!

That boost in assets will, in turn, enable local credit markets, such as micro finance, to begin operating.

Emerging markets and other developing countries will need oxygen in the form of credit lines and trade financing.

The subsequent state directed WMP regulation put a brake on credit creation and sent Chinese stock markets plunging.

Even those countries that were better prepared were made painfully aware of the after effects of crisis export markets collapsed, commodity prices fell, and credit markets seized up.

The Government attached great importance to private sector development of agricultural markets, rural microfinance institutions and domestic credit markets, improvement of land tenure security and expansion of transport links.

Lacking well developed capital markets as an alternative source of credit, bank funding channels are especially vital in Asia.