'upward potential' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the possibility of something increasing or improving in the future, or the likelihood of something positive happening. For example, "We have seen strong signs of upward potential in the housing market recently."
There was definitely upward potential".
That has led to less volatility in the market and allowed producers to think more about the upward potential for gold, making hedging even less attractive.
The managers should be competent but need not be of the highest caliber, since their upward potential is limited by the corporate goals.
Jan Lambregts, global head of financial markets research at Rabobank International, told its Singapore clients that, despite the importance of Indian and Chinese demand, historically high crude oil inventory levels raised a doubt over the further upward potential for prices.
Abundant Housing LA, where I visited in December, might symbolize the upward potential of the Yimby movement, which leans young and progressive anyway.
Though Strauss says price fluctuation is not surprising, he believes modern and contemporary art still has upward potential regardless of market pressures.
"America," argues Skocpol, "is now full of civic entrepreneurs who are constantly looking upward for potential angels, schmoozing with the wealthy".
And while some low-wage workers say they can't make ends meet, experts have noted that tourism offers an unconventional upward mobility potential.
Since climbing fibers evoked prolonged EPSCs in Z+ Purkinje cells (Paukert et al., 2010), we also investigated the half-width of the first upward deflection in potential and the integrated deviation of the CS potential from zero.
Mr King said "all indications point to a tight labour market with potential upward pressure on earnings".
The ability to design coating components from the molecular level upward offers tremendous potential for creating multifunctional coatings.
