Sentence examples for selloff from inspiring English sources

London shares suffered a sharp selloff on Thursday morning, just as voting got under way.

However, the Conservative manifesto, emphatic on the frozen BBC licence fee, was silent on Channel 4. Ed Vaizey, now reappointed culture minister, denied any selloff plans in March, insisting: "It is not on anyone's agenda".

— Steve Collins (@TradeDesk_Steve) April 24 , 2012Hearing the Dutch book has closed after 2 minutes, rather than the usual 15 minutes as extremely well subscribed, thus the Bund selloff 9.13am: The results of the Dutch debt auction are in!

Analysis: The Green Party's stance on the PAF is welcome, but too late – the PAF was sold off with the Coalition's Royal Mail selloff.

Fears that Britain is set for a second hung parliament added to a global market selloff triggered by the US Federal Reserve chairman Janet Yellen warning that share valuations could be dangerously high.

Rutte's dramatic resignation yesterday continues to dominate the agenda – although European stock markets are expected to post a small recovery after Monday's selloff.

When it became clear the bar had not been crossed, the selloff accelerated.Of course, the selloff is not all about America: flaws of governance and policy have been gnawing away at many emerging countries for years, notably Turkey, Venezuela, Argentina and Russia.

The real also dipped briefly against the dollar.The initial selloff can be explained in part by general shock.

Perhaps no one thought so large a selloff was necessary, but each player sought to move before everyone else did.

But a selloff will ensue.

By this point, it's become conventional wisdom that the failure of Lehman Brothers last September was the catalyst for a massive selloff in the credit and stock markets and a general flight to safety from which the markets have yet to recover.