Chris Williamson, the chief economist at Markit, said: "Output of the UK's manufacturing economy rebounded in August, but the sector appears to be stuck in a soft patch of stagnation at best, with few signs of any imminent improvement to the underlying trend".
YouGov has also set up a partnership with a brokerage firm, Execution Limited, to analyze the impact of consumer trends on the imminent financial results of companies.
The recovery in external demand has also heightened expectations for an imminent resumption in the renminbi appreciation trend".
The gastro-boom also involves the growth in the number of mid-market restaurants, a trend towards eating locally sourced produce, and the imminent expansion of "new Russian" cuisine into the west.
The trend has been steady, continuing right up through the imminent departure from the Senate of Olympia Snowe, one of the last remaining moderate Republicans.
A continuation of this trend could suggest a pop in the VIX is imminent.
The young king reversed this trend when, in 1337, as a preparation for the imminent war, he created six new earls on the same day.
Japan has not meddled in currency markets since 2004, but the recent trend upward had prompted speculation that an intervention might be imminent.
Do the streamlined, android-inspired fashion trends seen at the 2016 Met Gala point to an imminent boom for cybernetics, virtual reality and AI?
The imminent transfer of new powers (particularly tax-raising ones) to Holyrood will only accentuate that trend.
Its use of Twitter and the hashtag #sherlocklives was rather more de rigeur, ensuring that the show was trending on Twitter as fans were sent into a frenzy by its imminent return.
