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While Eastern Europe's peoples perceived membership as confirmation of their historical affiliation with the West and as another step away from Soviet rule, the EU seemed in no hurry to meet those
expectations.
But there has clearly been a great deal of reliance on this strategy, with companies shedding employees not only because they must, but often because they have not met Wall Street analysts’ financial
expectations.
CAMBRIDGE – Goldman Sachs announced this month plans to provide bonuses at record levels, and there are widespread
expectations
that bonuses and pay in many other firms will rise substantially this year.
At the recent meeting of G-20 finance ministers in Shanghai, participants were asking much the same question – and not just with regard to medium-term
expectations
of weak global growth.
This recognition raised
expectations
for the G-20 and granted it the prestige that it deserved: it is the only forum in which world powers and emerging countries sit as equals at the same table.
But this figure is well below market expectations, as it is based on the Basel 2 rules, which have proven deficient in terms of risk weights and capital “quality” during the crisis.
Rather, the fear is that central banks will not see inflation coming until it is too late, and that this will cause a major upward shift in inflation
expectations.
It also led to the
expectations
I have referred to that helped produce the Asian crisis.
In contrast to human space flight, which has lagged behind expectations, the robotic space effort has exceeded them.
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.
In particular, their economies need to reform, open up, and grow in order to meet their citizens’ rising
expectations.
The IT boom also led to visions of a long-term growth miracle in America, which in turn led to unrealistic
expectations
about future profitability.
High profit expectations, in turn, contributed to the unprecedented boom in the stock market between 1996 and 1999.
Now the economy reflects the fact that these
expectations
are out of line with reality.
Profit
expectations
are falling to earth, as company after company announces disappointing sales and profits.
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.
But, as I point out in my new book Kasino-Kapitalismus , this may only be a temporary improvement in
expectations
rather than a sign of permanent recovery, as the size of the banks’ hidden losses on their balance sheets is probably enormous.
Despite overwhelming evidence that gender-based stereotypes and
expectations
can adversely impact health, gender-related health issues are largely ignored or misunderstood, with international health organizations often limiting gender-specific efforts to women or, even more narrowly, to mothers.
But even when health-care use would be expected to be equal, such as care for HIV/AIDS in Africa, gender-based
expectations
impede HIV-positive men from obtaining antiretroviral drugs proportionate to their needs.
They take pride in the expert “management of expectations” by central banks.
Moreover, ECB chief economist Otmar Issing predicts long- term interest rates would go up—not down—as inflationary
expectations
increased.
Ultimately, our
expectations
of Obama’s ability to influence US-Iran relations should be realistic.
When we act as if we really believe that someone can be better, is better, then they will often rise to our
expectations.
Beyond advocating higher minimum wages, some are calling for “reverse income policies,” with governments imposing across-the-board wage increases on private employers – a move that would drive up prices and defeat deflationary
expectations.
And this is precisely what the PBOC did on August 12-13, when stronger-than-expected depreciation pressure and surging devaluation
expectations
raised the risk that the planned one-off exchange-rate adjustment could trigger a rout.
Europe’s Critical ElectionMADRID – Discussions about Europe-wide elections are invariably infused with
expectations
of dramatic change that rarely, if ever, are met.
But by focusing on Crimea, Putin’s regime was able to create a sense of restored historical justice and revive
expectations
of a return to “great power” status.
As it stands, Africa’s women continue to be underrepresented in key industries and executive roles, owing to workplace discrimination and patriarchal
expectations
at home.
Its coalition of the old French far right and disaffected working-class voters will not arrive unannounced or defy expectations, as happened in the US and the UK.
Corporate profits are bursting at the seams of investors’
expectations
in virtually every corner of the world.
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