1.   An international outcry ensued, the currency plummeted and farmers asserted that Cabinet ministers were plotting to steal their best farms for retirement villas.

2.   And investors delivered the coup de grace, panicking and frantically pulling their money, so that currencies plummeted and capital dried up in these countries.

3.   Because the currency has plummeted in value, even spectacular growth in Brazil would be diminished on the balance sheet.

4.   Canadian stocks are expected to decline after Asian equity markets and currencies plummeted overnight, undermining confidence in companies that rely on earnings from the region.

5.   Currencies plummeted in Asia, driving interest rates higher and crushing local businesses that need to pay dollar-denominated debt.

6.   Currencies have plummeted as the jolt to the world economy has cut prices of basic goods like oil, copper, zinc, steel and foodstuffs.

7.   On Wednesday, the currency plummeted almost a third of a cent, prompting the Bank of Canada to enter currency markets numerous times to temper its fall.

8.   Yet that is of little consolation to Indonesians today who can no longer purchase critical medicine from the United States because their currency has plummeted on international markets.

9.   Despite government appeals for calm, the currency plummeted, share prices tumbled, and foreign investors scurried to withdraw their holdings and convert them into dollars.

10.   Its currency has plummeted while inflation and unemployment have soared.