Sentence examples for expected to edge from inspiring English sources

The unemployment rate, however, was expected to edge up to 10.1% in January from 10% in December.

In the long run, technologies that get cheaper can be expected to edge out a technology that has only ever got more expensive.

The manufacturing PMI index is expected to edge up to 49.0 in August from 48.2 in July, staying below the 50-mark that separates growth from contraction.

Inflation is now expected to edge up from 0.5% this year to just 0.7% in 2015 whereas in September it was forecast to reach 1.1% next year.

The purchasing managers' index had been expected to edge up to 48.9, based on the median of 52 economists in a Bloomberg News survey.

Consumer-price inflation in the euro-area was 0.9% in the year to November, and is expected to edge lower for December, when France's 12-month rate of inflation was only 0.3%, and Germany's 0.5%.

Credit-card issuers are expected to start edging up rates by late March because of losses they will incur due to rising unemployment, predicts Robert B. McKinley Robert B. McKinley, chief executive of CardWeb.com, which tracks the payment-card industry.

The overall rate of price decline has slowed from 1.9% a month ago and Kantar said prices are expected to start edging up by the end of this year.

Joblessness is expected to continue edging up, to about 28 percent in Spain and Greece, 12.5 percent in Italy and 11 percent in France by the end of 2014, the Paris-based O.E.C.D. said in its forecast.

That means West is expected to have edged out J. Cole's "Born Sinner," making "Yeezus" his fifth consecutive Billboard No. 1. UPDATE: Semi-official end-of-week numbers are in, with West leading Cole by about 30,000 unites (much slimmer than initially expected).

Going into the matchup, the Eagles were expected to have edges in playoff and quarterback experience.