The yen dropped after a report showed Japanese machinery orders tumbled unexpectedly in October.
For different reasons oddly poor productivity growth in Britain and large numbers of workers dropping out of the labour force in America (see article)—the jobless rate has tumbled unexpectedly fast on both sides of the Atlantic.
Christian Noyer also warned that the upcoming Financial Transaction Tax could harm the French banking sector (see 2.23pm).... ....while French consumer confidence tumbled unexpectedly, to its joint-lowest level in decades.
C1 Stocks tumbled as the report of unexpectedly strong economic growth increased the threat of another Federal Reserve interest rate increase.
Stocks tumbled yesterday as a report of unexpectedly strong economic growth increased the threat of another Federal Reserve interest rate increase.
Stocks fell, reversing a rally that sent the Dow Jones industrial average toward its highest level since 2008 earlier Thursday, after bank shares tumbled and a report showed that sales of new homes declined unexpectedly.
2.26pm GMT US consumer confidence drops unexpectedly Adding to the bad news for the US, consumer confidence tumbled to its lowest in over a year in March.
Then, just as unexpectedly, antitrust regulators scotched the deal in July, and Sprint's shares tumbled to $30 , 60 below the buyout price.
The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits took an unexpectedly sharp plunge last week, reaching a level not seen since before the economy tumbled into recession in 2001, a government report showed on Thursday.
Quite unexpectedly, the song "Eskimo," complete with melody, lyrics and a lilting, slow tempo, "just tumbled out of me," he said.
[C14.] Consumer Confidence Weakens Consumer confidence weakened unexpectedly this month, while wholesale prices dipped 0.3percentt in November as food, energy and automotive costs all tumbled, and the trade deficit grew to $41.77 billion in October.
