Sentences with phrase «stronger than expectations»

The Q1 number was stronger than expectations for a 0.5 % rise, according to the Action Economics Forecast Survey.

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Gold fell 1.2 percent on Friday after stronger than expected U.S. payrolls data shored up expectations that a pick - up in inflation will spur further U.S. interest rate hikes this year, boosting the U.S. currency, in which it is priced.

That easily breezed past expectations for a smaller gain of 6.2 %, and was a noticeably stronger than the 6 % level of August.

Commenting on the Company's first quarter results, Ryder Chairman and CEO Robert Sanchez said, «Our results were at the high - end of our expectations in the first quarter, driven by stronger than expected results in our rental, supply chain, and dedicated businesses.

The Labor Department's assessment of the overall economy was stronger than expected, exceeding analyst expectations as well as gains in May and June, when the economy added 126,000 and 166,000 jobs, respectively.

Broadly, Goldberg and Leonard's findings over the January 2000 - June 2002 study period are consistent with the expectation that yields will rise on signs of stronger economic conditions or faster - than - anticipated inflation.

On the other hand, the latest CPI figure was a little below expectations, and may indicate that global disinflationary forces are stronger than had been expected.

According to Bloomberg data, EM debt is offering yields of above 4 %, and despite a strong year - to - date performance (more than 13 %), we see potential for significant income with lowered spread risk, given the diminished expectations of a near - term Fed move.

The minutes of the Fed's Jan. 30 - 31 discussions showed that officials were more optimistic about the economy than they had been in December, noting a stronger U.S. and global economy and rising expectations that tax cuts would boost growth.

End - of - week profit taking prevented the U.S. dollar from extending its gains on Friday despite stronger - than - expected first - quarter U.S. GDP growth and an upward revision to the University of Michigan's consumer confidence index.With that in mind, steady growth and rising inflation expectations should foster further gains in the dollar next week as investors are convinced that the Federal Reserve will use the May meeting to prepare the market for a June hike.

The S&P 500 is up more than 15 percent in 2017, boosted by strong corporate earnings, expectations of a U.S. tax code overhaul and improving global economic conditions.

«Notable was that the demand environment remains strong, with traffic ahead of expectations on lower than expected capacity,» said RBC Capital Markets analyst Walter Spracklin in a note to clients Monday.

While the tightening occurred slightly sooner than expected by many commentators and market participants, expectations of a tightening had been building since the last Statement in response to the continued strong performance of the local economy and a more optimistic tone in overseas markets.

Strong product revenue, which was $ 74 million above our expectations and was up an impressive 50 % year - over-year, contributed roughly $ 0.03 in earnings upside, with better - than - expected services gross margin and lower operating expense as a percentage of sales each contributing $ 0.02 of upside.»

A strong Labour market is crucial for US dollar strength after a string of softer than anticipated macroeconomic indicators throughout February cooled expectations surrounding US growth prospects.

The subcomponents show that consumers have stronger reactions to current conditions than to expectations about the future, as indicated by the higher volatility of the present situation index.

This pattern of a stronger - than - expected contribution from US consumers was reflected in July's retail sales report, which not only came in well ahead of consensus expectations, but also included significant upward revisions to the weak figures seen in May and June.

As for the prospect of «church unity,» it is fair to say that the book is stronger in good intentions than on proposals or expectations.

I think I got the result because my expectations were stronger than the natural law.

Israelis are, like the rest of us, extremely concerned about the personal security of their families and friends, and no expectation of their government is stronger than securing this.

Over the fourth quarter, Dairy Crest's cash collection has been stronger than anticipated and its net debt at 31 March 2012 will be around 5 % lower than market expectations.

The reporter was struck by the strong expectations coming from all of the Arsenal players, rather than the usual hopeful confidence that we see at this time of year.

I started googling way back in may who could we be buying gonzalo higuian, julio cesar and wayne rooney but realize going by history wenger just as no interest in buying world class players, he wants 2 buy d grade players and turn them up to koscienly nd nasri that will take years while da arsenal faithful pay handsome figures for dismal performances, fans allowed wenger 2 get away when he gets away with these lucky matches of fenerbache been strong on paper but a waste of tym on the pitch, also it happen at bayern but they put a slighty weak team but wenger runt his mouth around of how good da team was after that 2 - 0 win, not forgetting it was bould that got the team defense looking solid while wenger moan about referee decisions and no blame on team, I just feel we (arsenal) have allowed wenger and co to misuse us, so now our main target aim is benzema yet giroud plays more often than him for france, can any1 see how wenger is lowing our standards and expectations at arsenal, I wil be over da moon if wenger does not sign an extension wit us, after the gilberto days and disaterous results and teams we play, his approach to the game defensely which is pathetic and his annoying behaviour.So what if manu and chelski haven't really bought they are already strong it was seen last week now we should be worried about our selves since that villa defeat, jst imagine what the man's and london money maniac's are goin 2 do to us, I can see it already coming from wenger, if we find the right player we will buy him, after sept2, we didn't find da right player but the squad can challenge for the title, its so sick having 2 hear that crap, just take him psg, I just wish the fans would say we had enough of this bullshit transfer policies its time we stood up against these pigs of directors by protesting!

It is normal that teams improve because of hard work, and our expectation is to be stronger than last year, but it is not easy because we were good last year.

Perhaps the strongest evidence of this expectation is the number of Democrats — more than half a dozen — who are mulling candidacies to replace Mr. Cuomo as attorney general.

This finding runs counter to astronomers» expectations, which hold that stronger radiation from larger stars should strip away gas from their debris disks faster than the comparatively mild radiation from smaller stars.

A second experiment confirmed that the illusion was stronger when the expectation of being touched was present than when it was absent (Proceedings of the Royal Society B, DOI: 10.1098 / rspb.2013.1140).

Studies have further shown that despite the expectation that following fasting days, there would be a strong desire to consume much more than the normal caloric intake, researchers were surprised to discover there was only about a 10 % increase in calories consumed.

It pays to start with a more natural treatment approach you experience severe pain, rather than having high expectations of natural medicines acting like a strong painkilling drugs, which they don't.

Phillips - Van Heusen first quarter beats; raises FY view (Reuters) «Phillips - Van Heusen Corp raised its full - year outlook and posted first - quarter earnings that beat market expectations as revenue more than doubled on strong sales in its Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein businesses.»

And even though men may get away with carrying a few extra pounds, they are also burdened with the expectation of carrying a fatter wallet: The scholars found that women have a stronger preference than men do for income over physical attributes.

It's strong, visceral stuff, shot unflashily but impressively by Mackenzie and «Winter's Bone» DoP Michael McDonough, but it also kicks against expectation with a dose of humor, and is far more tender than you might imagine.

A similar study also suggested a positive correlation between teachers» ratings of attractiveness and expectations of children's skills [26] showing that teachers judged children rated as more attractive as more social, confident, popular, academically strong, and more likely to become leaders than students who were rated as less attractive.

For instance, in a recent review of more than three decades of research on teacher expectations, psychologists from Rutgers University concluded that while self - fulfilling prophesies are «more likely to dissipate than accumulate,» they can be quite strong for some students.

According to the most recent data available — a 2009 MetLife survey with a nationally representative sample of more than 1,000 K - 12 teachers — 86 percent of teachers say that there is a strong relationship between having «high expectations for all students» and student learning.

The things that make the 2014 Honda Accord so easy to recommend mirror what gives it such strong resale value: We expect an Accord to be good, but this Accord is better than our expectations.

I think, in general, women are always more concerned about other people's expectations for them but fortunately, they are stronger than women 100 years ago.

Vice President and Chief Economist, Frank Nothaft said, «Stronger than expected consumer confidence and recent comments from members of the Federal Reserve raised some inflation concerns in the market, causing it to lower expectations of a Federal rate cut this year.

Bloodborne is now upon us, slicked in blood and saddled with the crushing weight of lofty expectations from Sony's fanbase; many of whom feel burned by The Order: 1886 «s less than stellar reception and see this visceral adventure as the Playstation 4's best hope for making a strong case for itself in 2015.

Or did «stronger» mean «relative to expectations» rather than absolute number sold?

Currently the expectation is for a trend, but natural variabilty will inevitably cause some periods to have a stronger than expected rise, and others a slower than expected rise.

However, due to strong divergence and export, first ‐ year ice (FYI) was much thinner than in 2015, giving rise to expectations of earlier FYI melt and disappearance in 2016 than in 2015.

(i) BMO reducing its roster of firms from about 800 to 200 with further reductions planned; (ii) the clients of seven sister firms hiring me to help them get control over their legal spend and forge stronger and more value based relationships with their firms; (iii) the many small and mid-sized businesses who hire accountants to do all of their tax and structuring work because it is cheaper than dealing with lawyers; (iv) firms hiring me to help them figure out how to budget, set and meet client expectations without losing money; (v) «clients» who never become clients at all as they do their own legal work based on precedents that friends share with them; (vi) the various forms of outsourcing that are now prevalent (from offices in India to Tory's office in Halifax); (vii) clients hiring me to figure out how to increase internal capacity without increasing headcount in order to reduce external spend; (viii) the success of firms like Conduit, SkyLaw and Cognition (to name a few) who are taking new approaches to «big» and «medium law» work; (ix) the introduction of full time project managers in many firms; and (x) the number of lawyers throughout the profession who regularly don't docket chunks of their time in order to avoid unpleasant fee conversations with their clients.

By the same token, if an external firm has a strong relationship with one of your clients but not in your area, it can help secure a move even when your following is lower than typical expectations.

Expectations will be more pronounced than ever for partners to create and maintain strong client relationships, serve clients more efficiently, and develop and retain associates and staff.

In line with our expectations, between - group differences were stronger in studies that used parent ratings of depressive symptoms than in studies that used child reports.

The subcomponents show that consumers have stronger reactions to current conditions than to expectations about the future, as indicated by the higher volatility of the present situation index.

Today, the tradition remains stronger than ever as Budget Blinds continues to exceed customer expectations.