Black Monday
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2. Black Monday - Phrase
3. Black Monday - Proper noun
Meaning
Easter Monday, so called from the severity of that day in 1360, which was so unusual that many of Edward III.'s soldiers, then before Paris, died from the cold.
The first Monday after the holidays; -- so called by English schoolboys.
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Among the most rapidly available barometers of economic stress, financial markets around the world have been plunged into turmoil, with the biggest collapse in share prices since Black Monday in 1987.
The Academy Award nominee talks with CBS Local's DJ Sixsmith about season 2 of Black Monday on Showtime, playing Marty Kaan on House Of Lies with Kristen Bell and Ben Schwartz and what it was like.
By Thursday, as the number of coronavirus cases passed 1,000, the market plunged 2,352 points, the largest drop since "Black Monday" in 1987, into"bear market" territory.
March 14 (UPI) -- Actor, writer, podcaster and comedian Paul Scheer is flexing his dramatic chops in Season 2 of Showtime's "Black Monday," and he said to expect some big changes for the show's characters.
Recapping the day’s major financial market moves, the Fox Business host touted the $2 trillion bounce-back, which managed to make up 84 percent of losses from Thursday’s nosedive, which was the largest single-day drop since 1987’s “Black Monday.”
Throughout history, major economic crises usually have a 'Black Monday'.