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With the value of the rial dropping by the hour, shop owners couldn’t figure out how to set prices.

From The Wall Street Journal

Stocks reached new record highs, and the volatility index dropped by nearly 6% following news of a criminal probe into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.

From Barron's

The term is used where the central pressure drops by 1mb an hour over a 24 hour period.

From BBC

Over the last 12 months, the stock has dropped by more than 47%.

From MarketWatch

But the analysis showed that the decline affected noncitizens more, with their numbers dropping by 12.3%, as compared with the 3.3% decline among citizens from May to July.

From Los Angeles Times