Riz Din, a currency strategist at Barclays Capital, said: "The data was on the higher side of expectations and we should get a pick-up in sterling.
Although the left has lost 2.5m votes compared to 2010, when it won control of 21 of the then 22 metropolitan regional administrations, a bounty of five regions just a few weeks ago would have been seen as on the optimistic side of expectations.
"Over all, this report is consistent with recent economic indicators which have been on the low side of expectations," Mr. Sweet said of the Conference Board report, released after news of modest gains in private jobs and weak existing-home sales data.
But having wanted an original Transformers game built for modern systems forever, I'm going to lean on the sunny side of expectation and say right now that Devastation will be alright.
For example, [ 9] investigated the behavioural and motivational sides of farmers' expectations related to dairy herd health management.
Research has been scarce when it comes to the motivational and behavioral sides of farmers' expectations related to dairy herd health management programs.
Initial ticket sales are on the soft side of industry expectations, but the movie has received mostly glowing critical notices.
A satellite television company, EchoStar Communications, posted a narrower fourth-quarter loss today, with net subscriber additions on the high side of analysts' expectations.
While the results were on the high side of market expectations, Allianz cautioned that insurers were having to operate in "the 'new normal' of a challenging market environment with structurally lower returns".
Wednesday's Champions League match between the two teams might be a prestige fixture on paper but, as things stand, it will be a contest between two sides falling well short of expectations.
