The phrase "anchor expectations" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the importance of setting clear and realistic expectations in various contexts, such as project management or communication.
Example: "To ensure a smooth project rollout, it's essential to anchor expectations with all stakeholders from the beginning."
Alternatives: "set clear expectations" or "establish realistic expectations".
It should anchor expectations by setting an explicit inflation target.
"He sent the correct message, that they have the strength to defend the currency at certain levels, and conveyed the confidence needed to anchor expectations," Costa said.
"Industry accepts that a rate rise this week is necessary to control inflation and to anchor expectations around the 2% target.
Yet if globalisation is important, and is about to become an inflationary rather than a disinflationary force, central banks will find it harder to anchor expectations at low levels.
Tighter monetary policy would help anchor expectations and stop higher commodity prices spreading into the wider economy.Analysis by Goldman Sachs, for 1990-2007, confirms that in emerging markets, higher food prices did seem to push up other prices.
Though the system was highly vulnerable to bank runs and there was little scope for a monetary stabilization policy, people's confidence in the system enabled it to anchor expectations.
Low-cost, the $300 figure being largely arbitrary but a useful means of anchoring expectations.
The main objective then was to reduce high rates of inflation by anchoring expectations.
Adapted from "Anchoring Expectations," by David A. Lax (principal, Lax Sebenius LLC) and James K. Sebenius (professor, Harvard Business School), first published in the Negotiation newsletter.
NGDP targeting automatically accommodates supply shocks as most central banks with discretion would do anyway, while retaining the advantage of anchoring expectations as rules are designed to do.
I've plotted the inflation rate as measured by the GDP deflator against unemployment since Spain joined the euro, presumably anchoring expectations.
