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

Now those projections have been cut to less than 2 , which is too slow to make a dent in the very high rate of unemployment.

Colombians were in a funk, and they took it out on Santos. He recovered by the second round, but won by a much smaller margin than anyone expected six months ago.

Even as expectations adjust, there is a growing loss of confidence among investors in the adequacy of official policy responses in Europe and the US (and to a lesser extent in emerging economies).

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.

If, however, the slightest doubt about the OMT s effectiveness arises, the expectation game will shift into reverse, and both countries bonds will quickly come under attack.

An Age of Diminished Expectations?

The Summit of Low Expectations

This expectation was not realized.

But it was not to be.

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Consequently, forecasts for the United Kingdom where financial sector stresses largely resembled those in the US have been significantly less accurate.

As a result, prospects also differ by country.

As a result, the recession has been deeper and longer than it would otherwise have been.

Economic Forecasts in the Age of Big Data

Consensus forecasts do still seem optimistic.

In fact, neither expectation was fulfilled.

The prospects are that this tendency will continue To a large extent the doctrine of legal, or justifiable, war has been outlawed in the international community.

But the dictatorship s end came sooner then anyone expected.

With such endorsements, however, expectations are high, and India s government will have to think about how they can best be fulfilled.

In contrast to human space flight, which has lagged behind expectations, the robotic space effort has exceeded them.

The fear and anxiety of post conflict countries stem from a failure to deliver on those expectations, and, often, many post conflict countries have neither the resources nor the capacity to deliver on them.

In the eurozone, the outlook is worse.

And such an increase is eminently achievable.

Those expectations turned out to be illusory.

The album did not initially meet expectations.

Updated prognosis regarding implementation of the completion strategy

While his charisma and openness to dialog will be sought after, substance will also be measured and much needed.

Cultivating high expectations without progress could even be dangerous.

Such a cap would have a significant impact on the fiscal outlook.

I feel proud to be a part of this institution, which has grown more than many of us could have ever imagined.

The film exceeded expectations by becoming the most profitable film of 1975.

The forecast was for world GDP to grow at about 4.5 annually until 2015, which is slightly higher than the pace during the pre crisis decade, while the average annual inflation rate was projected to be lower, at 2.9 .

You don't schedule an eight hour meeting with Outlook.

But the real projections for those ones, I would like to give it like this.

There are two possible reasons for the discrepancy between forecast and outcome.

By and large, that prediction has proven to be correct.

The Dutch economy s poor prospects are similarly alarming.

And I come now, into projections, but I have to stop at the door of Lehman Brothers there, you know, because that's where the projections are not valid any longer.

A New Growth Path for Europe examines the impact of expectations and learning by doing.

Iran and its international interlocutors should learn from the past and manage expectations accordingly.

Yet it is almost certainly the sort of forecast of which they should beware.

Central bankers speak different languages. They view economic prospects through different lenses.

The review clause would enable us all, collectively, to weigh the actions and contributions of Council members objectively and honestly against our collective expectations for better security and for peace and to address their delivery with regard to these expectations.

There are two possible reasons for the discrepancy between forecast and outcome. Either the damage caused by the financial crisis was more serious than people realized, or the economic medicine prescribed was less efficacious than policymakers believed.