Today, Germany appears to have full employment and above trend growth.

Others, however, expect China s GDP growth to continue to trend downward, with the possibility of a hard landing.

Strong growth in private sector credit reflects the continuation of the upward trend in the growth of borrowing by non financial corporations seen since mid 2004 .

However , a general trend towards an increased emphasis on market based financing has sustained the dynamic growth of commercial paper issuance .

The Governing Council 's main scenario remains that of real GDP growth broadly in line with trend potential .

Indeed , the strong growth in private sector credit reflects the continuation of the strong trend in the growth of borrowing by non financial corporations seen since mid 2004 .

However , the composition of demand growth in the fourth quarter also offered some positive signs with regard to the underlying trend .

Only further unification, underpinned by growth oriented policies in the struggling countries, can reverse this trend.

Exposure bias

For every trend on this planet, there's a counter trend.

While in the context of rising interest rates the growth of household borrowing has shown signs of stabilising in recent months , albeit at very high rates , the growth of borrowing by non financial corporations continues to trend upwards .

With the energy transition law, my government aims to get ahead of this trend by creating the legislative framework for future green growth.

Over recent quarters , wage increases have remained moderate . In the context of moderate economic growth , this trend should continue .

There is a trend here.

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As regards structural developments , the euro area has seen relatively low trend productivity growth since the mid 1990s .

While the data for June 2006 show some moderation in the annual growth rate of M3 , these latest developments remain consistent with a persistent upward trend in the underlying rate of monetary expansion since mid 2004 .

Taking a medium to longer term perspective , the latest developments are consistent with a continuation of the persistent upward trend in the underlying rate of monetary expansion .

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As this was achieved against output growth much below trend the improvement in the cyclically adjusted position was even stronger.

2 M O N E TA R Y , F I N A N C I A L A N D E C O N O M I C DEVELOPMENTS 2.1 MONETARY AND FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENTS M3 GROWTH REMAINED STRONG The trend of high monetary growth in the euro area , which started in mid 2001 , continued in 2003 .

The London games confirmed this trend.

So, it's a bit of a curve, that.

In this environment , from the second quarter of 2001 M3 growth stabilised after the previous period of decline and then started to increase .

Even this year, the consensus got it wrong, expecting a recovery to above trend nbsp annual GDP growth faster than 3 .

And the trend continued.

He tends to lie.

Tom has a tendency to exaggerate.

Tom has a tendency to ramble.

Now we have the reverse tendency.

The general expectation was that euro area real GDP growth would again be in line with trend potential growth later in the year and stabilise at those levels in 2003 .

For example, Arvind Panagariya of Columbia University divided developing countries into two groups miracle countries that had annual per capita GDP growth rates of 3 or higher, and debacle countries that had negative or zero growth rates. Panagariya found commensurate corresponding growth rates of trade for both groups in the period 1961 1999.

The rate of growth of negotiated wages fell in 2003 compared with 2002 , and gross monthly earnings appeared to follow a similar trend .

Transmission mechanism process through which monetary policy decisions affect the economy in general and price levels in particular . It comprises a variety of complex and often interlinked transmission channels .

Wage increases have remained contained over recent quarters and , in the context of ongoing moderate economic growth and weak labour markets , this trend should continue in the future .

Wage increases have remained contained over recent quarters and , in the context of moderate economic growth and weak labour markets , this trend should continue for the time being .

Unfortunately, that trend may be reversing.

How can this troubling trend be ameliorated?

He is inclined to get mad.

I was a little prone to depression.

But this trend isn t inevitable.

Surveys of business and consumer confidence , which have followed a downward trend since the summer of 2007 , overall remain consistent with ongoing growth .

Indeed, the trend is continuing in the opposite direction.