The phrase "index is expected" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is commonly used in technical or formal writing to indicate that a particular item or value is anticipated or required. Example: "In order to complete the data analysis, the index is expected to be calculated using the formula provided."
The construction index is expected to rise to 46.1 from 45.9 in July.
The new index is expected to show that inflation is persistently lower than current measures show.
The manufacturing index is expected to improve only slightly, to minus 13, in January.
The Dow Jones index is expected to fall around 100 points, or 0.7%, when it opens in two hours time.
Excluding the volatile food and energy groups, the core index is expected to have increased 0.1percentt last month.
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.
That's because there are hopeful indicators if you drill down into some underlying economic themes: THE MELTDOWN IS LARGELY CONTAINED To be sure, earnings for the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index are expected to tumble in coming quarters, thanks largely to steep losses among financial firms.
Back in July, tech companies in the S.& P. 500 index were expected to have an earnings decline of 24percentt.
The dividend-paying stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index are expected to have outperformed the rest of the index in February.
The core index was forecast to have risen 0.1percentt in June, and the overall index was expected to have risen 0.5percentt, according to economists surveyed by Reuters.
Companies in the S.& P. 500 Information Technology Index are expected to report a 30percentt earnings increase this year, according to a Thomson First Call survey of analysts.
