1.   A monthly survey of corporate purchasing managers triggered the slide by revealing faster economic growth and higher prices, fueling concern that inflation and interest rates may both rise.

2.   A series of bank mergers and failures earlier this year triggered the slide in the stock market, and nobody is convinced all the bad news is out.

3.   So does the possibility that he might have triggered the slide himself.

4.   That helped to trigger a slide in New York copper futures.

5.   Strong earthquakes can trigger the slides.

6.   That triggered a slide in other areas.

7.   The beneficial impact that the expectation of higher rates should have on the dollar will be overshadowed if the report triggers a renewed slide in the U.S. bond market.

8.   The early slide was triggered by a rise in bond yields.

9.   The financial bloodshed in Hong Kong triggered a slide in European and U.S. stocks.

10.   The price slide was triggered by fading hopes of a Spanish rate cut and unrest in world bond markets.