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Recent Examples of downdraft
Perhaps those are the underlying reasons for the recent downdraft in equities.
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Robert Barone, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
The instability this imposes on investment markets was visible Tuesday, when Nvidia’s downdraft helped to bring the Nasdaq composite index down by more than 577 points, or 3.26%.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
In effect, the economic downdraft from a stock market crash and pullback in business investment was so powerful that even the Fed's rapid rate cuts couldn't offset it.
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 6 Aug. 2024
Few have the financial resources to brave the periodic downdrafts in the stock market without quailing.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
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Robert Barone, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
The instability this imposes on investment markets was visible Tuesday, when Nvidia’s downdraft helped to bring the Nasdaq composite index down by more than 577 points, or 3.26%.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
In effect, the economic downdraft from a stock market crash and pullback in business investment was so powerful that even the Fed's rapid rate cuts couldn't offset it.
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 6 Aug. 2024
Few have the financial resources to brave the periodic downdrafts in the stock market without quailing.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for downdraft
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Since the fourth generation was unveiled in 2016, annual sales have remained a mystery, a wicked downturn one year, a surprising surge in sales the next year.James Raia, The Mercury News, 3 Nov. 2024
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The Hill/Decision Desk HQ’s polling average also shows a downturn for the Democratic nominee.Tara Suter, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
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That is being felt at the corporate level, of course, with speculation about deals involving Warner Bros. Discovery, Lionsgate, or Comcast’s cable channels, but also at the production company level, where the slowdown is being felt most acutely.Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
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When Is the Earliest the 2024 Election Can Be Called? Election Day has previously morphed into election week in 2020 with an influx of mail-in and early ballots due to the COVID-19 pandemic causing major slowdowns in vote counting and reporting election results.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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One point that is worth highlighting is that this very centralization and integration can ultimately lead to stagnation if not carefully balanced with the innovative ethos that has powered crypto forward to date.Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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While upright, the Tower represents sudden, often chaotic transformation, but the warning is about the dangers of stagnation and holding on too tightly to the old when in reverse.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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The downtrend in yields, line a, was broken in early October.Tom Aspray, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Asia-Pacific markets were more mixed, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 bucking the downtrend.Alex Harring, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024
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Just as the proliferation of blood relatives was a powerful stimulant for growth during the era of China’s economic upswing, the rapid evaporation of these same networks may serve as an economic depressant and help cause a downswing.Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 7 Apr. 2021
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Inflation reached its highest level in 40 years in 2022, though it’s been on the downswing since and sits at 2.9%, as of the July 2024 report.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 14 Sep. 2024
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“Downdraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downdraft. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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