updrift

[ uhp-drift ]

noun

1. a slow, upward movement:

   an updrift in housing starts and home mortgages.

Word History and Origins

Origin of updrift¹

up- + drift

Example Sentences

"I think they'd be comfortable or even welcome some moderate updrift...but not too high, and not too persistent," said Kathy Bostjancic, an economist at Oxford Economics.

From Reuters

China, which is not in the TPP, has pursued a cheap-currency policy to boost exports — although it has quietly allowed an updrift in the yuan in recent years, due partly to U.S. diplomatic pressure.

From Washington Post