Hurricane Irene looks tough enough, but the barrage of economic news next week could be even more of a problem for the market, given the trend of recent reports.
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This is why AllPolitics always reports the trend across a week or more, rather than just one day's numbers.
That trend shifted on the reports out of Saudi Arabia though.
But we believe the downward trend of the actual reports so far this year, and even more importantly how the Q2 forecasts had to be revised lower so rapidly as the quarter progressed, is the real story.
Bloomberg reports that the trend of solar power getting steadily less expensive is set to continue over the next decade and is getting close to being competitive with coal.
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The actual quarterly reports also show the trend, 5.6% growth in the December quarter, a now revised 3.7% in the March quarter, and now 2.4% in the June quarter.
Friday brought a raft of economic reports that largely confirmed this trend, showing U.S. consumers spending a bit more amid modest income gains.
"Unverified reports are on an upward trend, and to a certain extent that has undermined the government's image, disrupted the information order, reduced the credibility of the media and brought a strong social response, " the agency said.
Separately, this month's issue of the Harvard Business Review points to the trend to explain why the number of CEO direct reports has doubled over the past two decades.
This trend is readily evident in the IAB Internet spending reports for the last three years, where performance based advertising has gained share at the expense of impression based advertising models.
Data compiled by GMAC in the 2012 World Geographic Trend Report indicates that the percentage of GMAT score reports sent to US business schools in 2012 has dropped from 81 to 76 percent since 2008, and those sent to schools abroad have increased proportionally.
Profits at the big banks fell last year, and, as the International Business Times reports, profitability is on a long-term downward trend.
September and October have been full of reports talking about record high prices for this precious metal, and the overall trend has been up for roughly eight years now.
If the reports are true, it is ironic that in the age of super competition and the trend towards larger screen sizes, Apple is about to introduce an old design from Steve Jobs.
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While there are moments when the dollar has strengthened, causing investor to lose value on their foreign local currency bonds, the overall trend remains in their favor, with the biggest risks to the upside, Barclays has said in similar reports recently.
Now that trend is starting to reverse: The exchange rate is now back where it was six months ago, and UBS reports Indian gold demand at a five-month high.
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