While public-sector unions must contend with privatization, those in the private sector are largely running up against adverse economic trends.

It's much less comfortable to be the United States, however, and find yourself on the receiving end of all these adverse trends.

But investors in brand companies may not see this adverse trend appear in their stock.

In last year's statement, I commented upon several adverse trends for industry including the base interest rate of 15% and inflation at 7.6%.

The adverse cultural trends were too powerful to overcome, and sustaining presidential involvement proved difficult.

After all, the ideologues who once claimed history was on their side must cope with an overwhelmingly adverse global trend.

The only adverse trend was the scarcity of mispricing opportunities.

A danger with state funding is that all of the adverse trends will be strengthened.

It helps us to identify adverse trends in social outcomes at ...

It would involve encouraging civil participation at European level, and protecting people's rights, in order to prevent this adverse trend from getting out of control.