price collapse
Values suddenly crater
A price collapse is a rapid, severe decline in the value of an asset, commodity, or market.
Unlike gradual downturns, a collapse suggests sudden freefall—often triggered by panic selling, oversupply, or loss of confidence.
The oil price collapse devastated petroleum-dependent economies.
Housing price collapse triggered the 2008 financial crisis.
- crashSudden violent impact
- stock market crashRapid decline in share prices
- flash crashSudden, brief securities collapse
- plummetRapid downward descent
- freefallUnimpeded downward motion
nosedive · rock bottom · bottom · panic · selloff · bust · deflation · tanking · meltdown · bloodbath · tumble · spiral · race to the bottom · market · stocks · penny stocks · commodities · bubble
- housing crisishousing bubble, housing crash, subprime mortgages, foreclosures, subprime loans
- economic crisisrecession, depression, downturn, contraction, bust
- farm disasterscrop failure, crop blight, failed harvest, drought, locust plague
- Tulip Maniatulips, bulbs, speculation, bubble, mania
price collapseprice surge
Sharp cost increase
price spike · price inflation · runaway prices · hyperinflation · bull run
price collapsebull market
Period of rising prices
economic boom · market rally · value creation · prosperity · windfall
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