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A downward tendency, especially in economic matters.
‘there is not yet a confirmed downtrend in interest rates’
‘The US economy is still on a strong downtrend with no signs of stabilisation yet on the horizon.’
‘This massive monetary expansion has been accompanied by a steep downtrend in the federal funds rate.’
‘Considering the downtrend in the IT industry, they chose to work for themselves, instead of working for others.’
‘Analysts said the downtrend in negative equity is part of an overall improvement in the asset quality of banks and a restructuring of loans.’
‘At least part of it should be used to repay borrowings, as I think the long-term downtrend in interest rates is over.’
‘If signals from both the EMA and the MACD histogram point in the same direction, both inertia and momentum are working together toward clear uptrends or downtrends.’
‘It makes you wonder, sometimes, who is buying an issue today or over the last several weeks when this chart clearly shows a confirmed downtrend and no real turnaround in sight.’
‘If prices are in a downtrend and open interest is on the rise, chartists know that new money is coming into the market, showing aggressive new short selling.’
‘The NSI business surveys show a downtrend in retail traders' expectations regarding sales.’
‘Nevertheless, the bank cannot ignore the difficulties that manufacturing faces for too long and, given the sustained downtrend in inflation, it should reconsider cutting rates in June.’
‘The downtrend in the annual rate of inflation, which began in the middle of 1998-99 continued in 1999-2000.’
‘Corporates can use the volatility in the markets to their advantage by buying additional units during a downtrend.’
‘In a weekly uptrend, continue adding to longs whenever the force index turns negative; continually add to shorts in downtrends whenever the force index turns positive.’
‘‘We've been on an economic downtrend for the past three years that needs to be stopped,’ said the head of the BDA employers association.’
‘This downtrend in self-reported health as people get older is also true of people born in earlier decades as far back as reliable data go.’
‘The fortunes of the traditional coir yarn spinners, mat weavers and carpet-makers have been on the downtrend.’
‘In downtrends, trend-following indicators suggest selling short, but oscillators become oversold and issue signals to buy.’
‘They rise less on the uptrends, and fall less on the downtrends.’
‘The downtrend has been felt most by small-scale farmers, some of whom have come together to form cooperatives and joined organizations around the world who promote Fair Trade practices.’
‘Bears that exit with a profit cause a flat open interest in a downtrend, meaning that the best gains from the downtrend have probably already been had.’