11.   But there have been troubling trends since, Sono added.

12.   Excluding the volatile fresh food sectors, consumer prices have generally been on a declining trend since May.

13.   Meanwhile, the weekly retrenchment trend since February this year showed that the number of workers laid off has decreased since the third week of March.

14.   The recommendation came less than a week after the same bank downgraded the company, whose stock has been on a downward trend since the beginning of the month.

15.   These reports are like periodical progress reports between two annual accounts and are an indication of the trend since the last annual accounting.

16.   Despite a rising trend since early this year, international oil prices were below their levels of one year earlier for much of the January-April period.

17.   While election officials say the voter turnout statistics are internationally competitive, there has been an explicit downward trend since the last two general elections.