UpTrend Economic Advisors (uptrend.moneyou.com.br) is a global firm of experts dedicated to applying economic, finance, and quantitative principles to complex business challenges. UpTrend’s economists have been creating strategies, studies, reports, expert testimony, and policy recommendations for the financial market, agribusiness and Brazil and US leading firms and corporations. We bring academic rigor, objectivity, and real world industry experience to bear on issues arising from competition, regulation, public policy, strategy and finance. We are an information and analysis resource for both the public and private sectors. Our team has extensive experience in economics, information technology and finance. We apply this knowledge in an effort to develop creative solutions to our client's challenges. Our job is often to pull ideas into focus, and to sharpen the boundaries of a preliminary idea or plan. We comprehend our client’s vision – whatever the scope, objective, or location – and address their challenges through creative thinking, structured analysis, and clear and concise communications.