loosen the purse strings

idiom

: to make more money available for spending

Companies are expected to loosen the purse strings as the economy improves.

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The global financial crisis hit the economy just as the government was about to loosen the purse strings. —John Rapley, Foreign Affairs, 10 Jan. 2023

Beyond elementary and secondary public schools and priorities such as border security and mental health, though, the budget clamps down hard on other state programs – something likely to continue, unless a coming wave of federal stimulus money persuades lawmakers to loosen the purse strings. —Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2021