Their expected benefits outweigh their expected harms.
Inflation has been a big cause of unrest in Asia many times in the past, most notably the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations.The World Bank in its China Quarterly Update argues that in the short run the benefits of price controls in curbing inflation expectations may outweigh the detrimental effects.
Yet often travellers' expectations often outweigh the reality.
There was a select group of companies that outperformed on a comparable-sales basis, but the multitude of sales shortfalls relative to market expectations outweighed the success stories.
Parents should stress that the positive things teens hope to gain from sex, like more closeness with a partner, feeling popular or mature, are false expectations, and do not outweigh the dangers of teen pregnancy or STDs, he said.
Department store chain Macy's also reported earnings, and weaker-than-expected sales failed to outweigh a tax settlement, allowing the company to top expectations.
So the expected benefits outweigh the costs.
For every Guy Pearce or Jenna Coleman, there are a hundred Dean Gaffneys or Letitia Deans: actors who left the soaps that made them, only to become a Ricky Gervais punchline or hobble back after realising ego or expectation outweighed talent.
In the age of awkwardness, then, the costs associated with clear expectations have even come to outweigh the benefits.
But many officials have concluded that, for now, the benefits of buying more Treasuries do not outweigh the costs of a damaging rise in inflation expectations and a perceived loss of independence.
