The return of short sellers to the US market after a near-three-week ban was blamed for a sharp drop in prices yesterday as General Motors and Morgan Stanley led stock markets sharply lower.

卖空者在历时近三周的禁令解除后重返市场，被认为是昨日美国股市大幅下跌的原因，其中通用汽车和摩根·士丹利领跌。

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If anyone was in a position to understand the consequences of a sharp drop in housing prices, it was the Fed.

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The slowdown was largely due to a sharp drop in electricity prices in April.

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And analysts have been raising their estimates recently thanks to a sharp drop in oil prices.

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