Sentence examples for interest plunged from inspiring English sources

When the Pirates lost Barry Bonds and Doug Drabek after the 1992 playoffs, and Andy Van Slyke two years later, interest plunged.

Short interest plunged by roughly 18% in August, resulting in a short-interest ratio of 4.5 days to cover.

The stock's recent rally helped to shake out a number of the short sellers; Brinker's short interest plunged by almost 35% in August.

The Financial Services Authority has warned lenders about the fairness of their mortgages as interest rates plunged.

That was the record, I should say — until September 22, when the 10-year U.S. interest rate plunged briefly to 1.695 percent.

In preparation for the monetary union that took place in 1999, interest rates plunged from over 20% at the beginning of that decade to less than 4% today.

The balance sheet shows that Fannie Mae lost billions of dollars when interest rates plunged last summer, nearly wiping out its profit for the year, the money managers say.

The magazine's newsstand sales, the best indication of current consumer interest, have plunged, dropping more than 25percentt in the last two years.

Interest rates plunged as investors bought securities backed by the United States government and bet that the Federal Reserve would cut short-term rates sharply to help revive economic activity.

Over three years, spending fell by 8% in real terms, interest rates plunged from 15%to5%5% and resumed growth touched 3% by 1978.

Reflecting this view, interest rates plunged in the bond market yesterday, with the yield on the 10-year Treasury bond falling to 4.23percentt from 4.37percentt.