However, the overall trend in industrial is decidedly, if modestly, positive.

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The trend from the industrial revolution onwards has been to replace humans with more efficient machines.

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Therefore it is more important now to watch the trend in the US industrial production and manufacturing for signs of weakness.

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In emerging Asia as a whole, industrial production has caught up with its historical trend, almost as if the Great Recession never happened.

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At the end of the day, Sandy may end up being beneficial for the U.S. economy, pushing indicators like construction spending, industrial production, and retail sales above their pre-disaster trend-lines over the next few quarters, according to Goldman Sachs.

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The drop is mainly due to industrial countries, where savings and investment have been on a downward trend since the 1970s, thanks to a sharp decline in personal savings that an increase in corporate savings failed to offset.

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The threat of cyber leaks or espionage (industrial, state-sponsored or just malicious) is a powerful accelerant to an established underlying trend.

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While most of the Dow Jones industrial average was trading in negative territory Monday, home improvement retailer Home Depot was bucking the trend.

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The report blames industrial pollution from the 19th century for climate change from the mid-20th century, although the recent warming trend set in about 20 years ago from the cumulative use of fossil fuels giving off clear greenhouse gases such as methane and carbon dioxide.

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