0 a gradual reduction in the price or value of something or in the activity of a financial market:
The latest figures suggest a downtrend in unemployment.
The newspaper business has been in a long-term downtrend stretching back to the 1940s.
We felt the impact on the industry would result in a downtrend in production.
The survey's main findings confirm that the steep downtrend in output continues, that new business inquiries are low, and that there is little confidence about future work loads.
Other studies have also shown with age there is a downtrend of testosterone and attenuated growth hormone response.
The two were combined in 2011, due to a downtrend in the genres.
Thus, real home prices are essentially trend-less and do not show any continuous uptrend or downtrend in the long-run.
When this pattern is found in a downward trend, it is considered a reversal pattern, as the contraction of the range indicates the downtrend is losing steam.
