expectation
Example Sentences
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The U.S. economy continues to power through the trade and immigration shocks of 2025, defying widespread expectations of a slowdown or even a recession and blowing past other developed countries.
Some Asian currencies such as the won and the yen have weakened recently, mainly because of the surprising resilience of the greenback despite lingering expectations for further interest-rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.
The rates on longer-term loans, meanwhile, are set by the independent bond market and are heavily — heavily — influenced by expectations of future inflation.
From MarketWatch
The expectations index, based on short-term outlook for income, business, and labor market conditions, held steady.
US gross domestic product in the third quarter came in at 4.3 percent on an annualized basis, easily topping expectations and the loftiest growth in two years.
From Barron's
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