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The package extended the belt-tightening path South Africa has been on since 2018, when President Cyril Ramaphosa took over a fiscally strained by ballooning budget shortfalls, rising budget shortfalls and a cascade of credit rating cuts.
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Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 9 Mar. 2026
These sorts of good-paying, white-collar jobs are becoming harder to get — and to keep — thanks to AI and other belt-tightening effects, even without the fallout from cutthroat wheeling and dealing.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2026
The studio's belt-tightening — squeezing the budget down to $3.5 million due to Romero's unwavering artistic stance — left the director to later lament the divergence from his original ambitions.
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Jan. 2026
Some industries are correcting after the hiring boom of the pandemic, but this comes as AI adoption, softening consumer and corporate spending, and rising costs drive belt-tightening and hiring freezes.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
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Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 9 Mar. 2026
These sorts of good-paying, white-collar jobs are becoming harder to get — and to keep — thanks to AI and other belt-tightening effects, even without the fallout from cutthroat wheeling and dealing.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2026
The studio's belt-tightening — squeezing the budget down to $3.5 million due to Romero's unwavering artistic stance — left the director to later lament the divergence from his original ambitions.
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Jan. 2026
Some industries are correcting after the hiring boom of the pandemic, but this comes as AI adoption, softening consumer and corporate spending, and rising costs drive belt-tightening and hiring freezes.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
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“Belt-tightening.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belt-tightening. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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