Food prices rose, but by only 0.3 per cent, well below the expected seasonal trend.

This technique has been successfully applied to modern animals, where seasonal trends in the data can be clearly seen.

It yields information about the "seasonal trends" of the series.

Because many companies make dividend decisions once a year, there is a heavy seasonal trend to the results.

That is down 3 percent from the fourth quarter of 2002, a smaller decline than the normal seasonal trends would have indicated.

The gasoline price went against the seasonal trend; prices usually rise during the summer, as driving increases.

You could consider expanding into international markets with opposite seasonal trends.

This showed a very clear seasonal trend in the use of annex setts.

The results were strong, bearing in mind normal seasonal trends, analysts said.

Although many designers did jump on a Russian theme for their fall collections, this is more than another seasonal trend.