Sentence examples for lifting expectations from inspiring English sources

Productivity rose 2.5percentt at an annual rate in the second quarter, lifting expectations that greater efficiency can allow the economy to grow faster without inflation.

Analysts are particularly guilty of lifting expectations for the security, as nine of the 15 brokerage firms following the shares rate them a "buy" or better, with nary a "sell" rating to be found.

Tax rebates have also probably lifted expectations.

Depreciations have historically been the most effective way to lift expectations for growth and inflation.

Treasury Prices Fall (By Bloomberg News) The most active 10-year Treasury note tumbled yesterday, driving yields to an eight-month high, after positive comments from the Federal Reserve chairman, Alan Greenspan, lifted expectations that the Fed would raise interest rates by midyear.

JPMorgan was the first major financial company to announce earnings for last quarter, and the sight of rising revenue and stabilizing losses at one of the most powerful banks lifted expectations that the financial sector was again back on its feet, a year after its near-implosion.

These rules raise the floor and lift expectations not just for federal workers, but all people in the workforce.

We want schools and colleges to raise expectations and lift pupils' eyes to the horizon.

He learned how in Germany, correctional officers are more like therapists than guards, and when he returned, Wetzel told me, he increased training in communication skills for his employees, "shifting the whole focus around humanizing offenders and lifting the expectations for officers, to get every staff member to feel some ownership over outcomes".

Even a modestly effective new round of QE should quickly lift inflation expectations back to target.

The darkest clouds that marred the economic landscape last summer and fall have indeed lifted, but expectations have also been reined in.