The stock market is down by 400 points
Obama's popularity is down steadily dropping since April
Unemployment is up to 7.6 from 7.5 (if you really believe those numbers)
The GDP is down slightly
Russia won't talk to us
China won't talk to us
the only thing going up is the temperature though world wide it is holding steady
Since the appropriate use of the word trend is just a snap shot of a situation