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“The JMI presently remains favorable, but has been trending in a worrisome direction, and should be monitored closely for a potential warning sign,” he added.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

Kulveer Taggar, a venture capitalist based in San Francisco, says the age of founders has been trending down over the past few years—around the same time frame that ChatGPT and Claude became popular.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

This has been trending upwards since 2021, with the latest figures showing nearly a million young people are now neither earning or learning.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025

This so-called spread has been trending down since 2022’s peak of near 6%.

From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025

Ah? now I know the direction my thought has been trending.

From A Daughter of the Snows by London, Jack