Expectations
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I didn't have high
expectations
to begin with, but this movie was simply below all standards..
I love Spanish movies so I had great
expectations
from this one and first time directors Corbacho and Cruz did great job in my eyes.
I had high
expectations
for this film, as the scenario is an interesting one.
the friend who lent me the DVD warned me, but it beat all my
expectations
of lowliness.
The fact that leaders and pundits are hailing this brighter outlook indicates just how diminished our
expectations
have become.
In my view equilibrium is elusive, because market participants try to discount a future that is itself shaped by market
expectations.
For example, a company whose stock is overvalued can use that to justify the inflated
expectations
of its shareholders, but only up to a point.
This renders the outcome indeterminate, and it is only by accident that the actual course of events corresponds to prevailing
expectations.
The theory of rational
expectations
makes the heroic assumption that market participants as a group are in a position to discount the future accurately.
To achieve any of them they usually seek to nudge inflation expectations, demonstrate the transparency of monetary policy, and establish their institutions’ credibility.
More recently, inflation
expectations
in the United States and the United Kingdom remained well anchored even when the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England had to walk away from the unemployment thresholds they had announced.
The context this time was a desire to achieve
expectations
of greater monetary stimulus, in order to facilitate recovery from the great recession of 2008-2009.
Oil prices are already 70% above their level last summer – and
expectations
of US sanctions against Iran have been an important driver of this surge.
They will have to brace themselves for an extensive period of diminished
expectations
that will last much longer than the next economic boom, and that will require substantial structural changes in the US economy.
Insuring the WorstIn the nearly six months since Hurricane Katrina destroyed half of New Orleans, many storm victims’
expectations
of help have been dashed, creating a legacy of bitterness.
Guinea, which is making progress despite annual per capita income of roughly $450, exemplifies the potential of the world’s poorest countries to surpass
expectations.
In fact, by the end of last year, capital inflows had pushed the dollar up to levels not seen in more than a decade, owing to
expectations
of large-scale deregulation, tax cuts, and fiscal stimulus in the form of infrastructure spending and increased outlays for America’s supposedly “depleted” military.
And, indeed, techno-pessimist expectations, which can lower expected profits, may be discouraging investment.
Hurricanes at the Ballot BoxSINGAPORE – Hurricane Florence, which smashed into the southeastern United States last week, is the latest in a string of extreme weather events that has raised
expectations
for disaster preparedness.
Given that the liquidity flowing into China over the last several years was increasingly short-term capital aimed at exchange-rate and interest-rate arbitrage (so-called “hot money”), there may be a surge in capital outflows when appreciation
expectations
have disappeared.
Of course, there is no way to enforce full disclosure, but by creating explicit processes and expectations, we hope to reset norms.
NEWPORT BEACH – Judging from the skittishness of both markets and “consensus expectations,” the United States’ economic prospects are confusing.
Elected officials everywhere must adjust, to varying degrees, to fulfill the
expectations
of those who put them in office.
Targeting the TargetersLONDON – Speaking in the happier economic times of 2005, Mervyn King – then, as now, Governor of the Bank of England – stressed the importance of entrenching public
expectations
of stable, low inflation.
He warned that, “if you let inflation
expectations
drift too far away from the target, you can end up in quite serious difficulty with a costly process to bring them back again.”
That confidence has now dissipated: inflation
expectations
have caught up with the actual inflation rate of 4%.
But, even in the US, policy-setting officials, such as Thomas Hoenig, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, express concern that inflation
expectations
may become unanchored, owing to the massive expansion of government debt and the Fed’s balance sheet since the financial crash in 2008.
But there is something they can do to ensure the benefits of inflation-targeting rules (credibility and well-anchored inflation expectations) while also supporting recovery: raise the stated target.
Simply put, in order to anchor inflation
expectations
effectively, inflation targets must be realistic.
He was commendably humble to admit that he was wrong “to have raised
expectations
so high.”
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