downtrend
noun[C,usually singular]
uk/ˈdaʊntrend/usECONOMICS,FINANCE
agradualreductionin thepriceorvalueof something or in theactivityof afinancialmarket:
Thelatestfiguressuggestadowntrend inunemployment.
Thenewspaperbusinesshas been in along-termdowntrendstretchingback to the 1940s.
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