1.   Consumer confidence could plummet, dragging consumer spending down with it.

2.   Even though the Swiss government guaranteed flights until next March, the sudden grounding caused passenger confidence to plummet.

3.   However, Lenk said that if consumer confidence plummets, the effects of the gas price increases could worsen.

4.   Investor confidence had plummeted this year, with business owners nervous about both a possible Sandinista victory and rampant corruption under the current administration of President Arnoldo Aleman.

5.   Not surprisingly, public confidence in beef plummeted.

6.   Now, as investor confidence plummets, Asia faces the risk of bad debts as companies cave under dwindling purchasing power.

7.   Public confidence did not plummet overnight.

8.   This morning the government released a set of gloomy indicators, showing housing starts and permits tumbling and business confidence plummeting.

9.   And consumer confidence has plummeted.

10.   Investor confidence plummeted.