economic pressure
Monetary leverage applied
Economic pressure is the use of financial leverage to influence behavior or policy.
Governments apply economic pressure through sanctions, tariffs, or trade restrictions: The coalition increased economic pressure on the regime.
Businesses face economic pressure from competitors, markets, or creditors.
Individuals feel economic pressure when financial circumstances constrain their choices: Economic pressure forced them to sell the house.
- cost of livingPrice of basic necessities
- debt burdenTotal owed obligations weighing down
- budget constraintsLimits on spending capacity
- belt tighteningReducing expenditures deliberately
- operational costsOngoing business expenditures
bottom line · inflation rates · sanctions · embargo · currency fluctuations · trade wars · trade deficit · supply chain crisis · unemployment · housing affordability · arm-twisting · leverage · coercion · trade imbalances · duress · resource scarcity · profit margins · labor shortages
- statecraftdiplomacy, ambassadors, envoys, summits, sanctions
- US-Irannuclear deal, hostage crisis, Iran-Contra, diplomatic ties, Tehran
- Military Powerarmy, navy, air force, marines, troops
- living costsprice index, consumer price index, rent prices, utility bills, food prices
- diplomacyembassy, ambassador, ambassadors, treaty, treaties
- geopoliticsbalance of power, bipolarity, bloc, blocs, brinkmanship
economic pressureeconomic aid
Financial support for nations
economic assistance · financial support · economic relief · foreign aid · financial assistance
economic pressuremilitary intervention
Use of troops abroad
armed force · military action · military force · diplomatic pressure · soft power
economic pressurefree trade
Unrestricted international exchange
economic cooperation · trade partnership · open markets · economic integration · laissez-faire
pressure, economy, economic, economical, economics, pressured, pressures, pressuring, uneconomical