One possible explanation has to do with trading algorithms, which encourage trend-following and herding.
The rankings encourage trends that ill-serve the country.
But in the longer term, the dispute could encourage trends in American public opinion that favor more relaxed ties, experts say.
The Arizona Legislature's rejection of the latest round of discriminatory anti-immigration bills signals an encouraging trend.
According to the Google report, the mapping business is expected to grow by 30% annually an encouraging trend for aspiring geographers.
The data show encouraging trends in the housing recovery, which the Federal Reserve chair, Janet Yellen, recently referred to as "disappointing".
Mr. Johnson of the Monterey Fish Market foresaw encouraging trends over the next few years, if federal strictures help rebuild rockfish populations.
"With the caution that this is only the second year of a new test, these are certainly encouraging trends".
The agency's statisticians looked at the deaths of people over 85 — 700,000 of them in 2007 — and where they occurred, and pointed out some encouraging trends.
The agency's statisticians looked at the deaths of people over age 85 -- 700,000 of them in 2007 -- and where they occurred, and pointed out some encouraging trends.
Chief Constable Steve Finnigan, of the Association of Chief Police Officers, said: "There are encouraging trends around people's awareness of neighbourhood policing teams across the country, as well as increases in their confidence to contact police to ensure the service is more accessible and responsive to local concerns.
