The bad economic news has 'stirred' anxiety among investors. [=has caused investors to worry]
“Not a creature was 'stirring'” <aq>Clement Moore, “A Visit from Saint Nicholas” (1822)</aq>
His comments certainly 'stirred things up'. [=caused a lot of excitement, anger, etc.]
(..) in the far north. It's March and light returns to the high Arctic, sweeping away four months of darkness. A polar bear stirs. She has been in her den the whole winter. Her emergence marks the beginning of spring. After months of confinement underground she toboggans down the slope. (..)2006 TvShow: Planet Earth Title: From Pole to Pole Season: 1 Episode 1