But so far at least there is little evidence that the world economy is falling off a cliff.
With the market falling off a cliff, there would be big losses, right?
Analysts have argued these are conservative estimates, but regardless the business is not falling off a cliff like the shares.
The end of a glittering career can feel like falling off a cliff to an athlete who thrives on fame and fortune.
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With the stock falling off a cliff on Wednesday, and the risk of the fiscal cliff unsettling markets, Pandora appears as a risky bet.
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"The momentum in the labor market is slowing, but it's not falling off a cliff, " said Neil Dutta, an economist with Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
In aggregate, it seems to point to a continued modest expansion, and an economy that is neither falling off a cliff nor firing on all cylinders.
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The stock is down about 75% since its December 2011 IPO, falling off a cliff in late-July after lowering its guidance only to continue making its way lower.
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For my administration, it meant a series of emergency measures that I would not have undertaken under normal circumstances, but that were necessary to stop our economy from falling off a cliff.
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Even Wall Street conceded that the market was probably headed lower, and that the similarity to the 1929 crash might result in the economy falling off a cliff into another Great Depression.
Nicholas Spiro, managing director of Spiro Sovereign Strategy, told CNN that a year ago Italy's economy was "falling off a cliff" and the investment community is showing "complacency" over the prospect of a Berlusconi return.
When forecasters struggle to know if we're heading for a triple dip of recession, and the risk of falling off a fiscal cliff next month, a much more distant horizon has been scanned this week.
And while all this forecasting assumes the eurozone doesn't implode, and that the US avoids falling off a fiscal cliff, the fear of more shocks to the system are expected to continue weighing on consumer confidence at least until 2014.
And falling off the fiscal cliff would be such a scenario.
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"I always remember the dinosaur falling off the cliff, " he remarked at a Vancouver, Canada, animation and effects convention in 2001.
It can also be argued that if the U.S. moves closer to falling off the fiscal cliff it would be bullish for gold, on a safe-haven move by investors.
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The stock fell off a cliff as the report hit the wire, falling all the way to 52 cents before moving back up to 62 cents by the closing bell.
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"With the final hurdle being passed now, we've got a minimum deal that avoids any immediate threat of the US falling off the cliff, " said Jason Hughes, head of premium client management for IG Markets Singapore.
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