gyration
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pirouette, reel, revolution, roll, rotation, spin, twirl, wheel, whirl
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Global output, as reflected in measures of purchasing managers’ activity, bounced along with market gyrations, sinking in 2015 and lurching upward in 2017 before falling this year to levels not seen since the depths of the euro-area crisis. — The Economist, "The global economy is on a knife-edge," 27 June 2019 Wednesday’s gyrations came after a private gauge of China’s manufacturing showed the sector contracted in December for the first time since May 2017. — Mike Bird, WSJ, "U.S. Stocks Inch Higher in Wobbly Start to the Year," 2 Jan. 2019 But the video message and Tuesday's comments made no specific reference to the recent wild market gyrations. — Martin Crutsinger, USA TODAY, "New Federal Reserve chair Powell pledges to remain alert to emerging stability risks," 13 Feb. 2018 While the Dow and S&P's daily gyrations steal the headlines, bonds are Wall Street's sleeping giant. — CNN, "The bond market may be signaling something worse than a recession: Distrust in America," 4 June 2019 Consumer sentiment in the U.S. slid to its lowest level in more than two years in January, due in part to the partial government shutdown and economic uncertainty following gyrations across financial markets in the final months of 2018. — Jessica Menton, WSJ, "Earnings Season to Offer Next Test for Retail Stocks," 15 Feb. 2019 Investors can sometimes overreact to a quarterly slump, but stock gyrations are likely to be larger if reporting is less frequent. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "Trump and Quarterly Capitalism," 22 Aug. 2018 The company forecasts a 3 billion-kronor ($331 million) hit to its earnings this year because of higher raw material costs, tariffs and currency gyrations, and expects a similar effect in 2019. — Nina Trentmann, WSJ, "Sweden’s Electrolux Prepared to Raise Prices Further," 16 Nov. 2018 The only clear message of that era, and one that can be applied today, is that to navigate market upheaval, investors have to stick to their plan rather than react to wild gyrations and scary headlines. — Spencer Jakab, WSJ, "Stock-Market Standoff: Apple Warning vs. the Jobs Report," 4 Jan. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gyration.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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