The December quarter recorded just $31.3bn worth of new investment – the lowest volume since March 2011 down 4% on the September quarter.
Fewer than 860 million shares changed hands on the New York Stock Exchange, the lowest volume this year, after a computer error halted trading in 242 companies.
hub for several years, the city had only $7.72 billion worth of deals in 2012, the lowest volume since the 2008 global financial meltdown.
As of the end of June, refinancing activity represented 64 percent of all mortgage applications, the lowest volume since May 2011, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
Daily volume this week has been low, even for a seasonally slow period, with the market recording three of the four lowest volume full sessions of 2012.
Save our children!"; candles appearing in the windows of buildings that lined the march's route; a man weaving through the crowd, talking through a bullhorn kept to its lowest volume: "Watch out for your babies.
In Brazil, where a power blackout hit big cities, the Bovespa index fell 218.09 points, or 1.6percentto to 13,154.56 points in its lowest volume since Sept. 6, 1999.
His Casanova is seductive yet reserved, and Ledger's extraordinary baritone voice, which registers clearly at the lowest volume, may be the best asset any actor has had in years.
Sales of previously owned homes spiked briefly last fall as buyers took advantage of a tax credit intended to prop up demand, but they have since fallen back to the lowest volume in a decade.
That's the lowest volume of summertime deals since the financial markets began trembling in the summer of 2007, surpassing only the $149 billion worth of transactions announced in 2009.
The lowest volume of base gas required, the more economical the storage facility.
