Sentence examples for expectations and forecasting from inspiring English sources

Honeywell rose 94 cents, to $24.44, after meeting fourth-quarter earnings expectations and forecasting 2003 profit in line with expectations.

Also weighing on technology shares Wednesday, Jabil Circuit tumbled 9.9 percent to $18.90 after reporting fourth-quarter earnings that missed expectations and forecasting weak first-quarter results.

Shares of VMware plunged after the company on Monday reported quarterly revenue below analysts' expectations and forecast slower sales growth.

The biggest bookseller in Britain, W.H. Smith, said sales over the holiday period missed its expectations and forecast earnings in fiscal 2004 will be "materially" below analysts' forecasts.

But Marriott came in short of analysts' full-year expectations and forecast $2 to $2.10 a share in earnings for 2008, instead of the $2.10 to $2.25 a share it forecast in October.

In America first-quarter profits generally beat expectations and forecasts for the full year were moved higher.

Below we discuss our expectations and forecasts for the company.

Below we discuss our expectations and forecasts for the segment.

It is my personal experience that each action that is accomplished, even if well targeted, may determine unforeseen outcomes, some of which can assume a negative value, "perverse effects", not only negative in themselves but also contrary to all expectations and forecasts.

One possibility is that inflation expectations (and thus forecasts for nominal GDP growth) drop.

But if the economy continues to grow at or above trend, if we get confirming evidence that the realized inflation rate and also expectations and our forecasts for inflation are still on track -- in other words, if the incoming information is consistent with our forecast -- then I think the path that you see in the SEP is very consistent with the expectations of the committee.