1.   By Thursday, that confidence had plunged, and stock markets fell sharply.

2.   Confidence has been plunging of late, in part because Americans are getting nervous about their jobs.

3.   Consumer confidence has plunged since the attacks.

4.   Consumer confidence plunged in December, but not evenly across the population.

5.   His confidence plunged like Asian currency.

6.   Manufacturing is already in recession, and in January consumer confidence plunged to its lowest for more than four years.

7.   Meanwhile consumer confidence has plunged, deepening a recession that is already more than two years old.

8.   Meanwhile, consumer confidence is plunging.

9.   Meanwhile, the Conference Board, an independent business group, reported that consumer confidence plunged in January, suggesting that spending would continue to be weak.

10.   The rate cut comes after a batch of gloomy economic statistics showing that unemployment is rising while consumer confidence is plunging.