11.   In other times, a depressed economy would deeply alarm investors.

12.   So far, it appears, higher interest rates have alarmed investors in many industries.

13.   That does not mean prices will zoom, but it might alarm investors who have assumed inflation is dead.

14.   That index has a lower proportion of stocks that have alarmed investors for one reason or another in recent months.

15.   That news alarmed investors and sent the stock plunging.

16.   The government said Tuesday it was considering using public funds to rev up growth, then backtracked, which alarmed investors and prompted losses worldwide.

17.   A bombing outside a U.S. government office in Pakistan early Friday alarmed investors, who feared more attacks over the weekend.

18.   He said investors were alarmed by a steep rise in the Hong Kong dollar interbank lending rates.

19.   Investors were also alarmed by high interest rates on the treasury bonds issued earlier in the day.

20.   Rioting over price rises in the northern city of Medan this week and violent anti-government protests on university campuses alarmed investors.