Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 57 credit crunch 55 economic downturn 53 recession 52 belt tightening 51 deepening recession 50 pinching pennies 47 downturn 47 recessionary 45 deepest recession 44 purse strings 44 shrinking 44 disposable incomes 44 housing slump 44 Recession 44 Great Recession 43 pocketbooks 42 frugal 42 disposable income 42 retrenching 42 wallets 42 slowdown 41 Great Depression 41 tightfisted 41 cash strapped 41 pinch pennies 41 tight fisted 41 budgets 41 recession deepens 41 economy 41 penny pinching 40 cutthroat competition 40 recessions 39 crisis 39 subprime mortgage crisis 39 £ #billion [001] 39 gloomiest 39 £ #.#billion [001] 39 splurging 38 borrowing costs 38 finances 38 discretionary spending 38 swine flu pandemic 38 battening down 38 economic 38 stagnating 37 economic downturns 37 dire straits 37 cutbacks 37 discounters 37 frugality 37 £ #bn [002] 37 liquidity crunch 37 hunkering down 37 mortgage repayments 37 £ 1billion 37 spending 37 scrimping 37 pinched 37 economies 37 triple whammy 36 obesity epidemic 36 overspending 36 swingeing 36 wealthier 36 globalized 36 wealthiest 36 dwindling 36 slowest pace 36 worsening 36 sharemarkets 36 changing demographics 36 bleakest 36 stagnant wages 36 crimping 36 retrench 36 £ #billion [002] 36 overleveraged 36 gloomier 35 checkbooks 35 budget deficits 35 crunch 35 squeezed 35 interest rates 35 turmoil 35 Downturn 35 budget shortfalls 35 slowing 35 doldrums 35 loan defaults 35 highly indebted 35 Credit Crunch 35 deleveraging 35 faltering 35 piggy banks 35 overstretched 35 MIWD#PUS 35 balance sheets 34 tighter 34 hiring freezes 34 squeezing 34 savvier