The decline in credit card use suggests consumers remain cautious, a trend that could deter economic growth.
In comparison to patient centered factor scores in the secure relationship style group, the cautious relationship style group showed trend level lower scores [t(101) = 1.8, p =.07], while there was no significant difference in scores between support-seeking and secure relationship style.
Should consumers — and the banks doling out the cash — be cautious about this trend?
Brown's linear exponential smoothing can be used to fit a series with slowly time-varying linear trends, but be cautious about extrapolating such trends very far into the future.
Since that, Schmidt has been a lot more cautious about predicting trends and changes - although he hasn't been above the occasional comment which seems calculated to get a rise from his audience, such as telling executives at a Gartner conference that Android was more secure than the iPhone - which they apparently found humourous.
We should of course be cautious about hyping an emerging trend into a full-blown panic, but the statistics on moped muggings in London are pretty astonishing, pointing toward an increasingly commonplace crime.
These days, you really don't need something else to be worried about when you're out and about in London". We should of course be cautious about hyping an emerging trend into a full-blown panic, but the statistics on moped muggings in London are pretty astonishing, pointing toward an increasingly commonplace crime.
Expect some cautious predictions about developing trend directions.
While it's always wise to be cautious about declaring a trend in contemporary art, the return of landscape and nature as major themes is undeniable.
Although the unit is cautious of interpreting a trend from a single year's figures, it concluded: "We are confident there has indeed been a levelling off and possibly even a downturn in this age group's experience of drugs".
