"It was a little better than expected, but, looking forward, it's modestly worse," said A. M. Sacconaghi Jr., an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein.
Bear in mind that what we want are expected real rates looking forward, not ex-post rates based on past inflation and bond yields.
West Brom and Bolton have also been better than expected, but since everyone expected Blackpool to be looking forward to nothing more than parachute payments by now the results they have already posted have been a revelation.
It's also worth noting not just that things have in fact gone badly, but the way they've gone badly: not via surging interest rates and inflation, but via weak demand associated with low rates, and with markets now expecting very low inflation looking forward.
By mid-February, it was expected, and looked forward to.
I expected it, looked forward to it, sought it, embraced it.
After 10 years of war and international sanctions, he said, Serbs "expected and looked forward to some quick change, improvement of their situation".
"Despite cautious signals, investors are looking forward and expecting consumer spending to improve".
"I wasn't expecting it but I'm looking forward to my second debut with the club.
The NBC/Facebook debate will present the last opportunity for Paul and his fellow candidates to share the stage before Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, but Gregory expects that some are already looking forward to the next contest.
