"Seasonal patterns" refers to predictable changes or trends that happen during specific times of the year. These patterns can include weather changes, shifts in consumer behavior, or variations in natural phenomena.
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The authors say that these models need to incorporate the more realistic
seasonal patterns in leaf growth in order understand how tropical forests will respond to a warming world.
The spikes remained even after they accounted for things like unemployment and the housing market, which also tend to
follow seasonal patterns.
In addition data on the temperature of river follows essentially the same
seasonal pattern as air temperature.
The history can be very helpful in that many airborne allergens tend to have
seasonal patterns such as Spring and Fall.
The graph on the right below shows a fairly
consistent seasonal pattern from year to year, despite the difference in actual volumes of generation.
The main problem is that the two quantities can diverge substantially in the presence of changing
seasonal patterns of winter snowcover.
MRCI's Historical Indices Report, complete
with seasonal patterns not only for US futures on S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400, NASDAQ 100, Russe ll 2000, and DJIA but also for futures on several major international indices including the FT - SE 100, CAC 40, Nikkei 225, DAX, Euro STOXX 50, Swiss Market Index, SPI 200, and Hang Seng Index.
This is in part due to record hydro output in the Western United States, and more prominently due to
seasonal patterns which cause both wind and hydro output to peak during spring months.
«The deceleration in month - on - month trends was anticipated as strong gains in home prices over the spring and summer slow in line with
normal seasonal patterns and the impact of higher mortgage interest rates.»
Should the Fed demure and recent
seasonal patterns persist, i.e. first - quarter economic weakness, it's entirely possible that an initial hike gets pushed out until the second quarter of next year.
Bt noting recent mkt rallies /
usual seasonal patterns / upcoming Fed meetings, next mth / two may be better spent raising / holding some dry powder
However, if you live in an area where these pests
display seasonal patterns, then you will only give your mutt these tablets at most twice a year.
Summer Doldrums — A Pretty
Compelling Seasonal Pattern From Exhibits 1 - 4 below, one can see that in very few years have gold prices and / or gold equities appreciated over the summer months in the northern hemisphere (charts all use the April 1st gold price as the reference point for relative performance).
Yet another was whether the large fall recorded in business credit in July was a genuine signal or was affected significantly by technical changes in the way the data are compiled and shifts in
seasonal patterns driven by changes to the tax system.
As I explain in our Managing Expectations whitepaper,
using seasonal patterns, along with global PMI, is another way to understand trends in the market and the world at large.
But as you can see in the chart below, the new technology of fracking and a corresponding increase of U.S. onshore production, have led to a surplus, drastically shifting the shorter -
term seasonal pattern in oil.
In their August 2016 draft paper entitled «Seasonality in Government Bond Returns and Factor Premia», Adam Zaremba and Tomasz Schabek
investigate seasonal patterns in government bond returns across countries, focusing on regression tests of January and sell - in - May (May - October versus November - April) effects.
Her team
tracked seasonal patterns in rates of gestational diabetes, as well as fluctuations in how quickly the women's bodies were able to process the sugar they ate (glucose tolerance).
Anticipating seasonal patterns as well as identifying the near - term drivers and associated risks to assumptions are key in the decision - making process.
Seasonal patterns always change in the country though and even vary among different regions, but December to February is the safe answer.
Beach Movement A natural phenomenon on North Island, the beaches migrate around the island in a
ceaseless seasonal pattern dictated by the ocean currents.
Other scientists have previously looked at different theories on the HBO show's
strange seasonal patterns: intense volcanic activity and regular meteorite or asteroid collisions.
From observations in recent years these scientists conclude climate change leads to a
new seasonal pattern over the Arctic Ocean.
Monthly data allow users to
see seasonal patterns, such as periods of nuclear refueling outages in the shoulder seasons (spring and fall) and increased operation of peaking generators during the periods of highest electricity demand in the summer months (driven primarily by air conditioning use).