Sentence examples for expected and forecast from inspiring English sources

Estee Lauder, the maker of Clinique makeup and Aveda shampoo, said fiscal first-quarter sales rose more than expected and forecast strong holiday sales, sending its shares up as much as 11percentt.

The recreational vehicle maker Monaco Coach reported lower quarterly earnings that were better than analysts had expected and forecast stronger 2004 sales, saying it was stepping up production to meet demand.

The company posted a bigger loss than expected, and forecast a worse outlook than previously expected, which saw stock drop 20percentthatat same day to $4.96 per share.

Wall Street analysts believe demand for the iPhone 5 has been lower than expected, and are forecasting on average that net income will have slipped 2% to $12.8bn£8.1bnbn) during the last quarter compared with the same period last year.

"Nevertheless, stronger-than-expected loan growth in 1Q09 suggests that the stimulative effects from government pump-priming are materializing sooner than expected, and our forecast of 5% year-on-year real GDP growth in the first quarter of 2009 already poses upside risk to our current full-year 2009 growth forecast of 5.5%." Hong Kong's Hang Seng index slid 0.5%, or 69.07 points, to 14,928.97.

"The oil market is more oversupplied than we had expected, and we now forecast this surplus to persist in 2016," it said in a note to clients.

"The oil market is even more oversupplied than we had expected and we now forecast this surplus to persist in 2016 … the potential for oil prices to fall to such levels, which we estimate near $20/bbl, is becoming greater", the US investment bank said in a research note.

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Dean had a stronger start to the year than it expected and raised its forecast for full-year earnings.

Kenneth Cole Productions Inc., a designer and retailer of shoes and handbags, said first-quarter profit was higher than expected and raised its forecast for the current quarter.

The Fraser of Allander Institute said growth in Scotland has been weaker than expected and downgraded its forecast growth for gross domestic product.