But unlike Britain, the long fall in house prices that began in 2007 is not over; in March, Spain's Instituto Nacional de Estadistica said they tumbled another 1.3% in the last three months of 2013, and that the annualised rate of price inflation was -7.8%.
In the third chapter of his History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon gave two reasons why the slavery into which the Romans had tumbled under Augustus and his successors left them more wretched than any previous human slavery.
These fragments of rock that have tumbled from the sky often seem like the only solid element in the earthly narratives they leave like twisting trails of light in their wake.
To the internet, where spoiler fury has now officially finally tumbled down the rabbit hole.
However, oil prices fell by about half in late 2014, and Exxon's profit in the first quarter of 2015 tumbled 46% compared with the same period in 2014, although it still earned $4.9bn.
Walls tumbled, large cracks opened on streets and walls, towers collapsed and clouds of dust began to swirl all around.
Commodities fell to a nine-month low as silver, copper and nickel tumbled.
Broad and runner beans, tomatoes, and pears have tumbled by more than 20% in the past decade, pushed out by foreign competitors who can supply hungry supermarkets all year round.
The summer sun was at its zenith in a cloudless sky when Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Saint-Exupéryforce reconnaissance plane tumbled into the Mediterranean in July 1944, killing the author of The Little Prince, and creating a necessary hero in a country humbled by defeat and collaboration.
The leading FTSE 100 index tumbled by 121 points, or 1.7%, to 6813, after the Federal Reserve chair, Janet Yellen, said share valuations could be dangerously high.
Now, thanks to the paucity of strong new releases, box office has tumbled, down 34% on the equivalent frame from 2014, when a previews-boosted Bad Neighbours secured the top spot with a whopping £8.45m.
