uptrend

noun up·trend \ ˈəp-ˌtrend \

Definition of uptrend

: an upturn especially in business or economic activity

Recent Examples of uptrend from the Web

Since 2009, there have been ups and downs in consumer confidence lasting months, but those downward swings have not interrupted the long uptrend in the United States.

— robert j. shiller, New York Times, "Consumer Confidence Is Lifting the Economy. But for How Much Longer?," 26 Jan. 2018
That is because, during multiyear uptrends, buying and holding will inevitably beat almost all attempts to time the market.

— mark hulbert, WSJ, "Everyone’s a ‘Buy and Hold’ Investor Now. But Can You Stay That Way?," 6 Aug. 2017
Shipments and orders of nondefense capital goods had been on a steady uptrend over the first eight months of 2017.

— luke kawa, Bloomberg.com, "Inside the Fed’s September Meeting: The Annotated Minutes," 11 Oct. 2017
At the same time, the cooling is unlikely to derail what’s been a gradual uptrend in sales that’s helping the housing market make progress.

— Fortune, "New Home Sales Fell Nearly 10% in July," 23 Aug. 2017
Meanwhile, the selloff that has erased $250 billion from the value of tech shares is threatening to end the industry’s longest stretch of uptrend in more than two decades.

— Bloomberg.com, "Your Evening Briefing," 15 June 2017
After a relatively cool period of weather from Monday through Wednesday, Chicago's temperatures will be on a considerable uptrend.

— tom skilling, chicagotribune.com, "Much hotter days ahead as dry spell continues in Chicago," 6 June 2017
The decline of middle-skill employment and uptrend in low- and high-skill jobs could be among those structural issues.

— patricia laya, Bloomberg.com, "Black American Workers Are Quickly Coming Back From the Sidelines," 10 May 2017
IBM shares fell about 5 percent in after-hours trading, a retreat from a recent uptrend for the stock.

— steve lohr, New York Times, "IBM Results Show Progress in Cloud and Data Analysis," 18 Apr. 2016

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