The underlying trend of inflation is still upwards.

通货膨胀的潜在趋势仍然是上升的。

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Unlike in fashion, in central banking the underlying trend can take a while to spot.

与时尚界不同的是，央行潜在倾向的确定仍需加以时日。

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The trick, he said, “is to look through that to the underlying trend, and we think the underlying trend is slowing.”

但问题是，他表示，“要透过数据看清潜在趋势，我们认为潜在趋势就是出口的增速正在减慢。”

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And stockmarket volatility can occur when the underlying trend is up, as well as now, when it is down.

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According to leading administrators, so far the underlying trend of corporate deaths does not seem to have risen much.

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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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