This, together with heavy rains in Canada and decreased cultivation in Argentina, also important exporters, has fueled market jitters that led wheat futures prices to rally; in the United States, for example, they have soared more than 80% since mid-June.
Barroso's comments helped fuel jitters about the enormity of the crisis and raised fresh concerns in Germany about the size of the contribution it may have to make to bail out the debt-ridden eurozone countries.
Caspian oil jitters, fueled by the Turkish pipeline standoff, halved the expatriate population overnight.
Rate jitters were fueled by the inadvertent premature release of the report from the National Association of Purchasing Management, which showed that the nation's manufacturing sector grew in August for the seventh consecutive month amid signs of a possible threat of inflation pressures.
Well, there aren't any signs that what we're seeing now is fueled by anything more than typical valuation jitters and the kind of jolt you get when the market comes down to earth.
The results, which were closely watched after jitters over sales hurt the share prices of several fiber optic companies this week, fueled active after-hours trading in JDS Uniphase stock, which fluctuated between $70.56 and $77.63 after closing regular trading at $74.44, up $3.44.
For men in cities like New York, experts said, the acceleration of dating rhythms -- fueled by the ease of social introductions through work, friends and the frenetic marketplace of online dating -- can contribute to the jitters.
Fink's tremendous expectations for his photographs, the fuel for these jitters, are revealed in the vocabulary he uses to discuss his work.
The positioning of employment before inflation in that statement might fuel a perception that Ms. Yellen is an inflation "dove," more concerned about the 9.7 percent unemployment rate than the prospect of inflation jitters.
High crude oil costs have certainly contributed to the rising prices, but so have jitters among fuel traders and service station owners who note that stocks of gasoline are below the historically low levels the country had last year.
