And what a boom it would be to get back to the long-term trend!
Since the mid-1970s the long-term trend in household saving has been downwards (see chart above).
But the long-term trend is clear: We will need more and more skilled people.
Of the main currencies, the yen looks by far the cheapest relative to its long-term trend.
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We believe the estimated deceleration in growth is more a seasonal factor than a long-term trend.
The OBV did confirm the late-2010 highs, which is positive for the intermediate-term trend.
Its leaders chose to ignore the long-term trend away from traditional retail toward on-line shopping.
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While the mid-term trend is still up, this increases the odds of a deeper overall correction.
Yet, the long term trend might be for the U.S. and Europe to consume less.
But, the battle at that price area will have important ramifications to the longer-term trend.
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Though the short-term trend is still toward higher rates, the long-term downtrend remains intact.
To return median single-family house prices to the long-term trend takes another 20% drop from here.
Math scores on the NAEP long term trend were stagnant during the same period.
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But the longer-term trend is not necessarily evidence of a new plague of delinquency.
There is a long-term trend for more content and applications using resources in connected data centers.
It has the benefit of being logically consistent and I suspect it is an important long-term trend.
Again, this is not your quick hit but a longer term trend trade that has great potential.
There has been close scrutiny to see whether this was a temporary decline or a longer-term trend.
Technically, the near term trend is still bearish on the daily chart for Comex Feb gold futures.
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The government said the figures were provisional, so it could not say whether they showed a long-term trend.
The near term trend remains bearish, but the market is showing signs of stabilizing above the spike low.
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This was one reason why the economy could grow faster than its long-term trend without igniting inflationary pressure.
Yet the most important reason for Autonomy's success is that it is riding a long-term trend in computing.
This is a long-term trend that will have both positive and negative implications.
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Yet Chief Executive Carly Fiorina says, "the long-term trend in the U.S. is a slowed replacement pattern" for PCs.
This intermediate-term trend line, in conjunction with its 10-week counterpart, has pressured the IGN steadily lower since August 2008.
There is a longer-term trend toward gold across the rest of Asia, too.
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It is currently is not providing much insight on the short term trend.
Although US joblessness has fallen, the Fed said it wanted to see signs of a long-term trend of falling unemployment.
But the long-term trend is in the contract manufacturers' favor and the electronics slump will accelerate the push to outsource.
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