Simon Wallace, economist at the Centre for Economic and Business Research, said: "The rise in the RPI and the slightly higher-than-expected monthly consumer price inflation is likely to slightly boost expectations that the Bank of England will have to raise interest rates at least once more this year.
These results have boosted expectations for the prime-boost vaccinations.
That, in turn, forces central banks to use unconventional policy or run psychological operations to try to boost expectations.
But an alternative biosphere to our own would be more than a mere scientific curiosity: it is of crucial importance, for its existence would greatly boost expectations of finding life elsewhere in the cosmos.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration said in its latest short-term energy and winter fuels outlook that growth in China and other Asian countries has boosted expectations for higher oil demand.
Stocks popped at Thursday's open after solid earnings news from companies like Yahoo! and an unexpectedly big drop in weekly unemployment claims boosted expectations an economic recovery is in the works.
Russian President Vladimir Putin boosted expectations for a deal when he said at the G-20 summit over last weekend that Russia and Saudi Arabia have agreed to extend an attempt by OPEC to balance oil supply and demand, although he provided no figures.
Boosting their expectations is the knowledge that they are pushing the boundaries of television: not only is the star of Baby Jake a real child, but his co-stars are too.
Though no one at Facebook hinted at it directly -- again, why boost expectations only to underperform?
There's been a lot of handwringing lately about the lack of rigor in high school courses, and critics have blamed educators' "low expectations". But they've overlooked one powerful strategy that could boost both expectations and performance: teaching students to write about what they're learning.
