He said rising energy and food bills combined with higher tuition fees will hit cash-strapped consumers.

Cash-strapped consumers are raiding their savings accounts and embarking on a borrowing spree as the credit crunch puts household disposable incomes under massive pressure.

The recession has brought a fall in sales, particularly of petrol as cash-strapped consumers cut their mileage.

It's because, in the words of one report, 'cash-strapped consumers are unable to afford fresh produce, choosing frozen variants and processed foods instead'.

Cash-strapped consumers rejoiced about their existence, but the captains of industry viewed these impostors as a very serious industrial threat.

Sterling plunged against the euro during the financial crisis, and many cash-strapped families sold up.

The 50p items will trim the cost of the dozen goods from 11.24 to just 6 - a saving of 5.24 for cash-strapped families.

But critics said it will push up food prices and see cash-strapped families losing out on supermarket bargains.

It's a huge boost to cash-strapped families looking for cheap clobber.

These tiny runarounds are loved by cash-strapped families and sophisticated urbanites.

Our cash-strapped government could save 1.65 billion and as a consequence raise educational standards.

The company said that revenues would be higher than expected this year as cash-strapped government departments and private companies outsourced increasing amounts of engineering work to save costs.

Developers have struggled to raise finance as a result of the credit crunch and cash-strapped governments have cut subsidies.

Cash-strapped governments have been taking action against tax evasion, launching amnesties with much-reduced fines to encourage people to come forward.

Tax avoidance by multinationals has enraged cash-strapped governments around the world.