Both the musical language and the tone of pessimistic ambivalence send distinct signals suggesting this may be the case.
"The fact that no one really disagrees with the pessimistic case is a dangerous signal" that investors have overreacted, Alexander Kinmont, a strategist at Nikko Salomon Smith Barney, wrote recently.
[World Business, Section W.] Bank of Canada Cuts Interest Rate The Bank of Canada cut its leading short-term interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, signaling a more pessimistic outlook for the economy.
Signaling a more pessimistic outlook for the Canadian economy, the Bank of Canada cut its leading short-term interest rate today by one-quarter of a percentage point, to 4percentt.
The yen fell after the Bank of Japan became more pessimistic with its June economic outlook, signaling the country may be lapsing into a recession.
We believe the increased positive affect and safety cue-induced NAc signal exhibited by the more pessimistic participants in our study are a consequence of their surprise when the better (and less expected) outcome occurred.
My first recital at the age of 17 provided a clear signal: courteously received, it made my pessimistic mother give in.
As the draft has neared completion this fall, Marine General John R. Allen, the American commanding general in Afghanistan, and Ryan Crocker, the recently arrived United States Ambassador in Kabul, signalled that they find it too pessimistic.
Litotic interpretations tend to be asymmetrical: an attribution of "not happy" or "not optimistic" will tend to convey a contrary (in this case "rather unhappy" or "fairly pessimistic"), while no analogous virtual contrariety is normally signaled by "not sad" or "not pessimistic", which are usually understood as pure contradictories.
Shostak cautions against being overly optimistic or pessimistic about the SETI Institute's searches for intelligent signals from possible outer space neighbors.
