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Inflows of foreign direct investment have dried up, and GDP growth rates have plummeted from as high as 7% in 2008 and 2009 to merely 2% in 2013.
Since the World Cup ended in July, economic activity has plummeted, inflationary pressures have intensified, and consumer and business confidence have collapsed, leading many economists to slash their growth forecasts for this year.
In 1931, when the UK abandoned the gold standard, sterling plummeted by 30%.
Likewise, in October 2014, US Treasury yields plummeted by almost 40 basis points in minutes, which statisticians argue should occur only once in three billion years.
But it should have been disbursed directly in cash to the most needy Russians: pensioners whose earnings plummeted due to inflation and economic contraction.
Financial volatility rose, unsettling investors; stocks went on a rollercoaster ride, ending substantially lower; government bond yields plummeted, and lenders found themselves in the unusual position of having to pay for the privilege of holding an even bigger amount of government debt (almost one-third of the total).
Its share of global exports has plummeted.
In China, for example, CO2 emissions have increased 500% since 1981; but the country’s poverty rate plummeted – from 89% then to less than 10% today.
The problem, however, is that a large part of this improvement reflects collapsing domestic demand, which has plummeted by around one-quarter in Greece and Ireland since 2007, and by one-eighth in Spain and Portugal.
The poor were among those who bore the biggest burden of the crisis, as wages plummeted and unemployment soared.
World oil prices had fallen by almost half since mid-June, and the ruble plummeted in December, finishing the year down by a similar margin.
When the exchange rate plummeted again, the Kremlin urged the five largest state-owned exporting companies to exchange a portion of their assets into rubles, leading to another overshoot, followed by yet another sharp decline.
The “Volcker shock” created a triple whammy: the US entered a deep recession; commodity prices plummeted; and Latin America’s capital inflows abruptly reversed, shifting toward US dollar-denominated instruments that offered better yields.
Unsurprisingly, stock prices plummeted and the bank run returned with a vengeance, bleeding €45 billion of deposits out of the system over the next few months.
In September, inflation skyrocketed to 38% a month, and industrial production plummeted by 15%.
The share of barter in inter-enterprise transactions fell from 54% then to 46% in January, and partial evidence suggests that it has plummeted below 40% now.
Transportation costs plummeted with the advent of the steamship and the railroad.
The value of wares produced by this form of unskilled labor plummeted, but the prices of commodities that unskilled laborers bought did not.
CAMBRIDGE – Oil prices have plummeted 40% since June – good news for oil-importing countries, but bad news for Russia, Venezuela, Nigeria, and other oil exporters.
Dogged by a small, disorganized, yet wily and persistent opposition that follows his every step and publicizes his frequent missteps, the President's popularity ratings have plummeted from above 80% in 1999 to half that today.
Drivers benefited as gasoline prices plummeted.
But Trump’s popularity has since plummeted, owing to his statements – often via Twitter – on contentious issues, such as Taiwan and the South China Sea.
Public spending on infrastructure has plummeted in Europe and the United States since the 1960s; and, with public budgets under strain, it is unlikely to recover.
Within three years, US imports plummeted by 66%, while exports plunged as well, by 61%.
Within a few years, the Deutschemark’s value had plummeted, leading to hyperinflation and economic stagnation.
Their export earnings have plummeted – falling by half in many cases – forcing them to run deficits and draw on the large sovereign-wealth funds they accumulated during the global commodity boom.
Send in the ClownsNEW YORK – When too many Italians voted late last month for either a louche and discredited business tycoon or a comedian, European stock markets plummeted.
In 2010, Tsyvinski and I predicted a “70-80 scenario” in Russia in the coming years: As oil prices, which had plummeted to $40 per barrel, recovered and surpassed $70-80/barrel, Russia would return to the stagnation of the 1970’s and 1980’s.
While a quartz watch keeps time more accurately than the most finely crafted handmade mechanical Swiss watch, the value of a quartz watch has plummeted, while Swiss watches’ value has climbed into the stratosphere.
But, by early 2016, prices had plummeted to around $30 per barrel, owing to a combination of sluggish demand, alternative supply (particularly shale oil and gas from the United States), and a new OPEC production paradigm under which the cartel, led by Saudi Arabia, withdrew from acting as a “swing producer.”
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