The stock market has dropped today.

Trading was slow today after yesterday's market decline.

It is the drop in the rice pricing (blamed on consumers' loss of interest in rice and the freeing up of the international market) that is the cause.

Depression is a period marked by slackening of business activity, widespread unemployment, falling prices, and wages, etc.

There was a rapid decline in stock prices.

This is the fifth consecutive day of decline of stock prices.