คำศัพท์ TOEIC ที่ใช้บ่อย - investment & economy & stocks

Definition: Decrease rapidly in value or amount:

• The stock market plummeted yesterday, causing investors to panic.
• After the scandal broke, the company's stock price plummeted by 30% in just one day.
• The economy took a hit, causing the country's GDP to plummet to record lows.
• With inflation soaring to record levels, President Joe Biden's approval rating is plummeting, which could have significant consequences for Democrats in the midterm elections.
• Rapidly rising mortgage rates have had a negative impact on demand for mortgages since early 2022, but there's no indication that demand has plummeted.

Definition: Jump or dive quickly and energetically or decrease quickly

Definition: A period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced, generally identified by a fall in GDP in two successive quarters

Example sentences:

• Economic recessions are predominantly the result of insufficient demand. As political economists have always emphasized, periodic recessions are endemic to capitalism.

Definition: Undergo a sudden severe or prolonged fall in price, value, or amount;Sit, lean, or fall heavily and limply;A sudden severe or prolonged fall in the price, value, or amount of something

Example sentences:

• She slumped against the cushions. As commodities such as coffee or soya flooded into the world market, prices slumped, causing more economic chaos. A slump in property prices could mean your retirement taking a big hit, or being forced to wait until the housing market recovers.