Sentence examples for increase in optimism from inspiring English sources

But the combination of rising interest rates and rising stock prices suggests that both reflect an increase in optimism, not worries about Japanese solvency.

The recent news of a polio-free India, however, coupled with new policies incentivizing village practitioners starting in 2005, has led to an increase in optimism of the impact that CHWs can have.

And that half-perceptible increase in optimism continues all the way to the movie's climactic sequence, a deadly incident in city traffic, which in the American version is suspenseful and horrifying, and in the Pangs' film is downright apocalyptic.

–We have also seen an increase in optimism among option speculators and active investment managers, which is a concern as the market faces major overhead technical resistance and moves into a poor seasonal period.

Indeed, at least one study has suggested that there's a connection between higher blood levels of carotenoids, a type of antioxidant that's plentiful in fruit and vegetables, and an increase in optimism.

He continued, "it's reassuring to see that happening.... .. Senator Levin stated that he was in Afghanistan last September and that, compared to then, he had seen "a significant increase in optimism about possibility of success in Afghanistan".

Results revealed that students who participated in the ME program, compared to those who did not, showed significant increases in optimism from pretest to posttest.

For example, gratitude journals and keeping a list of the times you have been kind to others have both been shown to make small increases in optimism.

We previously showed that a BPS intervention leads to sustained increases in optimism.

But there were other factors beside the tax credit, like an increase in builder optimism and housing starts, that helped push sales higher.

"The increase in consumer optimism is very good news for retailers, since holiday sales for many retail outlets are crucial, and for many, it is a make-or-break situation," said Chris G. Christopher Jr., the senior principal economist for IHS Global Insight, in a research note.