uptrendn.
Chiefly U.S.
An upward tendency; spec. in Economics, a rise in value over a period of time.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > management of national resources > [noun] > political economy > states or trends of the economy
inflation1821
economic cycle1832
recovery1843
downdraught1852
perfect competition1853
downturn1858
softness1872
slump1888
downtrend1890
sag1891
under-consumption1895
recession1905
downdrift1906
economic recession1908
air pocket1913
stickiness1913
trough1916
deflation1920
downswing1922
slowdown1922
scissors1924
scissors crisis1925
uptrend1926
reflation1932
depresh1933
upswing1934
stagnation1938
countercycle1944
fiscal cliff1957
turn-down1957
stagflation1965
soft landing1973
slumpflation1974
downer1976
the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun] > course or direction > upward trend
uptrend1926
uptick1970
1926 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 23 Jan. 17/3 A fair demand at the opening of the [stock market] session influenced a temporary up-trend.
1934 Sun (Baltimore) 1 Dec. 17/1 The mercantile agency finds the irregular increases in factory operations..have been ‘transferred into a steady uptrend’.
1961 Times 29 Nov. 11/5 The uptrend is of less significance.
1979 Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. d 1/2 Schrikker's charts show both the U.S. dollar and the pound sterling in important uptrends.
1984 Times 23 Nov. 19/5 AGB Research went back on an uptrend as market men heard whispers of good news from America.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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