But what if this decline is a characteristic of corporate size rather than an economic trend?
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However, it is also very probable that the correction would have been shorter and the long-term economic trend more healthy.
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Top incomes were rising as part of a long-term economic trend, leading economists to overestimate the beneficial impact of tax cuts.
Mike Shedlock of Global Economic Trend Analysis was the first to pick up several problems with the details of the report and his analysis is worth a read.
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And while the rest of the nation wonders when the hemorrhaging will end, Silicon Valley is bucking this economic trend and once again proving that innovation and ingenuity can be the engine that drives our country out of these hard times.
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Well, the American historical record is the worse the recession, the stronger the recovery, as the American economy snaps back to its long term, world leading, economic growth trend, which entails actually faster than normal growth for a time to catch up.
Maybe five percent below trend line growth in slow economic times and five percent above trend line growth in strong economic times.
Immigration continues to offer the potential for above trend economic-growth in California.
One only has to consider the UK case in the 1983-87 period, when the public finances moved into surplus whilst the economy enjoyed an extended period of above trend economic growth.
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Despite a tripling of the monetary base since 2008 and cumulative deficit spending of 36% of GDP, America has experienced below trend economic growth and stubborn unemployment in the current recovery.
The big tour operators will be hoping that economic uncertainty derails the trend of recent years for people to organise their own holidays instead of packages.
These cuts exacerbate an already dangerous trend towards economic decline.
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Weak economic conditions amplified that trend.
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But, she said, unemployment was unlikely to fall until economic growth returned to its trend rate, and this would take a long time.
The strong jobs report to start 2012 continues a trend towards improving economic data that we have seen over the past few months.
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"People will increasingly turn to volunteer work to lift their spirits during the economic crisis, " predicts trend analyst Kiwa Iyobe, of the New York City--based marketing consultancy Suite 2046.
Now, a quarter of a century later, he has gravitated toward the commodities and has hit upon the following formula: Monitor fundamentals such as economic news for the overall trend, then use technicals with an emphasis on moving averages to pick entry and exit points.
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Anyone who understands the economic consequences of government spending knows that this was a good trend if we want to promote long term economic expansion.
Whether this trend will survive the economic downturn remains to be seen, but there are a few hopeful signs.
One way of describing the evolution of our political and economic models is as a macro trend from selfishness to selflessness.
Friday brought a raft of economic reports that largely confirmed this trend, showing U.S. consumers spending a bit more amid modest income gains.
Recent economic uncertainty, combined with a trend toward content growth on remote data centers (cloud storage) and the use of this content on mobile devices, is impacting the demand for digital storage capacity.
Bikes are booming today--industry sales in 2011 are up 37%. (Fitness products do well during bad economic times.) Driving the trend are two American companies, Trek Bicycle of Waterloo, Wis. and Sinyard's Specialized Bicycle Components.
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"This ongoing trend of slowing Chinese economic growth will translate to some additional downward revisions in global oil demand expectations" when OPEC, the International Energy Agency and the U.S. Energy Department issue monthly reports next week, said Jim Ritterbusch, president of energy consultancy Ritterbusch and Associates, in a note to clients.
Dollarization would turn back this trend and promote stability and economic growth.
Nordvig argues the medium-term trend may be punctuated by economic weakness in the near-term, particularly as second quarter economic indicators are released.
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The trend reflected a downturn in economic growth, the document said.
Globally, economic inequality is on a longstanding upward trend.
In contrast to the better-than-average performance of the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states, when examining the states where economic mobility is suffering, a new trend emerges: All nine of the states highlighted by Pew a underperforming against the national average fall south of the Mason Dixon line.
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Markets, though, were on a downward trend, as news of economic growth was not enough to counteract the weak results posted by Ford Motors, which faced a drop in profits of almost 80 %, and Amazon.com, which failed to deliver stronger margins and earnings.
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