Trend that can be seen only by observing several generations, such as the trend toward earlier attainment of adult height and sexual maturity, which began a century ago. (332)
long-term trend either up or down in the price or level of a commodity, price structure, inflation rate, etc, which is not influenced by seasonal variations or distortions.
Refers to a trend over time.
a long term trend, that from it's name, ought to mean that a particular sector of the economy is changing
The trend that encompasses two or more cyclical trends or two or more economic cycles and often last 10 to 20 years or longer.
A long-term movement in the price of a security or of interest rates, either upward or downward, which is not related to seasonal or technical factors.
A long-term bias either up or down in the price scale of a commodity, price structure, inflation rate, etc, which is not shaped by seasonal variations or distortions.
In numerical descriptions, such as of a time series of numbers, a secular trend is the long-term upward or downward trend in the numbers, as opposed to a smaller cyclical variation with a periodic and short-term duration.