"I would argue that it certainly benefits from favorable trends in technology," he said.

Even the most favorable trend, however, has its price, and the cost of the Business Class city needs to be much more talked about.

Where you don't have those favorable trends, you are susceptible to a decline in property values.

They argue that the favorable trends in American markets are spreading overseas.

That favorable trend is offset by the choice of people in each age group to read fewer papers.

The fact that the demographic is increasing, on further analysis, turned out to be a favorable trend.

This is a favorable trend for the food service industry for two reasons.

To be sure, some of the favorable trends may prove glacially slow, or shy on substance.

But the Brookings report clearly shows that the favorable trend of the 1990's may be temporary rather than long term.

The market was little moved by the release of several economic reports that pointed to favorable trends.