It will take some time for this realization to trickle up from, or down to, Main Street, but it will happen.

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This is trickle up economics.

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Now it seems that there will be "trickle-up" instead: Volvo's sharp design, excellent safety engineering and strong build quality will influence everything Ford does.

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Which leads to the trickle-up theory: couture, being about lasting luxury instead of fashion fads, doesn't set trends but rather picks them up by osmosis, and last March the ready-to-wear shows were full to the brim with furs, from Ann Demeulemeester's cave-woman wraps to Amanda Wakeley's ermine jumper to Fendi's furs-that-didn't-look-like-furs (they looked like hobo patchwork coats, chunky grandma jumpers, and velvet skirts).

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By August, new issuance has come to a trickle, driving up prices.

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This has a trickle-down effect, preventing younger generations from moving up in the workplace or from moving into the workplace to acquire the wealth they would need to drive new demand for homes.

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The theory is, is that if folks up here are doing really well, then all the benefits are going to trickle down.

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On Saturday, officers allowed owners to trickle back to their homes and offered free meals and water bottles from a command post set up in an RV.

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For even though we've reduced the deluge of job losses to a relative trickle, we are not yet creating jobs at a pace to help all those families who've been swept up in the flood.

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