Meanings of caused brief in English

The North's two previous nuclear tests caused brief, and quickly reversed, falls in local shares and the Korean won.

Markets have become largely inured to sabre-rattling by North Korea but it has in the past caused brief jitters that were quickly reversed.

The company caused brief confusion on Wall Street by only issuing numbers conforming to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) without warning.

Kenyan airport authorities caused brief panic in 2006 when they reported the crash of a plane carrying 80 people.