Employment levels globally had fallen short of expectations.

That is the main reason why the outcome fell short of expectations.

Reductions in nuclear weapons, though significant, fell short of the New Agenda's expectations.

These are outcomes that fall well short of policymakers expectations, be it in America or in Europe.

The needs of youth have never before been defined so specifically, yet actions continue to fall short of expectations.

But there is a general feeling that implementation has fallen short of expectations, particularly with regard to nuclear disarmament.

Progress in achieving these Millennium Development Goals may have fallen short of expectations, but we are not totally disheartened.

Nonetheless, NPT had fallen short of expectations, especially with regard to nuclear disarmament and the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

Part of the problem is that expectations had been distorted by a metaphor that described events in short run terms.

In general, what is stressed by the news media which shape world public opinion is that the summit's results fell short of expectations.

The results fell short of expectations, but, if followed up, they should lead to a real increase in awareness among women and men.

This perception reflects not only the contradictory pronouncements and behavior of policymakers, but also the extent to which economic outcomes have consistently fallen short of their expectations.

The survey that Karl Case and I conducted in May and June of this year, under the auspices of the Yale School of Management, shows sharp declines in short term expectations for home prices in the US, but relatively little change in long term expectations.

Undoubtedly, where the outcome document fell short of all the expectations of the media and of the entire international community was in the area of the Millennium Development Goals.

Mr. Chidyausiku (Zimbabwe) said that, while the 2005 World Summit Outcome could be used to guide the Committee's work, it fell short of expectations on several fronts.

The African Group recognized that the revised budget had been prepared at short notice, but was concerned that it had not met the expectations of the Advisory Committee.

The review points to the fact that progress in expanding employment has fallen far short of expectations and that the past years have seen a rise in global unemployment levels.

Likewise, increasing pressure from growing labor costs will force enterprises to lower their profit expectations and cut costs, negatively affecting output growth and employment in the short run.

Seminar expectations

The macroeconomic outcomes have consistently fallen short of expectations, and there is reason to believe that it will be even more difficult in Japan for monetary policy alone to gain sufficient traction.

An Age of Diminished Expectations?

The Summit of Low Expectations

These are outcomes that fall well short of policymakers expectations, be it in America or in Europe. Indeed, for most of the post crisis period, all of them have been understandably fixated on stimulating growth.

The final document adopted yesterday at the summit (resolution 60 1) has unquestionably fallen short of our expectations. However, it provides us with guidelines that will enable us to carry out our work.

Goals and expectations

In short, Google is changing expectations about what people can know even in the United States, where formal censorship is absent, but government obfuscation, opaque corporations, and the like are not.

As the implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land based Activities has fallen short of expectations, national or regional plans should play a leading role in redressing that issue.

Others have lower expectations.

The expectations are high.

The outcome document, while falling short of our expectations, presents a platform for multilateral solutions to the broad range of global problems related to development, peace and security, human rights, the rule of law and the reinvigoration of the United Nations.

The 2005 World Summit had been another opportunity for furthering commitments and accelerating collective efforts to advance implementation of Agenda 21 and other outcomes, but it had fallen short of meeting the expectations of many countries in the area of development.

The latter, in particular, was mentioned as a field in which much more progress should be made, given that some countries of origin had fallen short of expectations to facilitate and accept the return of migrants in an expeditious manner.

Great Expectations for the Renminbi

Such expectations are patently unrealistic.

The world's expectations are high.

Hence, their expectations were met.

Our expectations are indeed minimal.

The major economies should ensure that such derivatives are restricted as far as possible to qualified and knowledgeable investors who trade on the basis of expectations regarding market fundamentals, rather than mainly or only for short term speculative gain.

Mr. Mbayu (Cameroon), referring to the view that the 2005 World Summit Outcome had fallen short of expectations, pointed out that a great deal could be accomplished in many areas highlighted by the Under Secretary General in his statement.

Though trade negotiations fell short of expectations in Doha and Cancun, unity among the countries of the South did emerge, with the formation of Group 21, including the largest (Brazil, China and India) to fight for concerns which were not adequately addressed.

Dan Gilbert on our mistaken expectations

The first useful lesson concerns expectations.

Defining performance expectations for programme delivery

One comment stressed the fact that the work of the CRIC still falls short of the high expectations of the Parties with respect to a comprehensive review of the Convention implementation process and the establishment of a platform for transparent and comprehensive information exchange.

With expectations of immediate success unmet, the romantic impulse wilted.