Sentence examples for expected a small from inspiring English sources

The unemployment rate held steady at 7.1% last April, in line with expectations but fell to 7.2% even as the market expected a small decrease in that figure.

Analysts had expected a small drop.

Economists had expected a small gain.

Economists had expected a small upward revision, to 2.6%.

But many analysts had expected a small profit.

Wall Street analysts had expected a small increase.

Analysts expected a smaller drop.

Wall Street economists expected a smaller increase.

Economists expected a smaller decline.

Forecasters expected a smaller decline.

Analysts expected a smaller drop to 650,000.