Sentence examples for slightly higher than expected from inspiring English sources

In other economic news Sweden's unemployment rate for October came in slightly higher than expected, at 5.4%, while Dutch industrial production in September also saw a better-than-expected, 1.1% increase from the previous month.

However, it was slightly higher than expected and is still way higher than the 2% target.

Retailers posted slightly higher than expected sales, as consumers took advantage of steep price cuts on Christmas Eve.

GDP growth came in slightly higher than expected for Q1 at 7.4% y/y (Consensus: 7.3%, Barclays: 7.2%, Q4: 7.7%).

Still, 444,000 people filed claims last week, an 11,000 increase from the previous week, slightly higher than expected.

The rights issue price of 37p is slightly higher than expected, and is a 59.5% discount on last night's closing price of 91.47p.

Simon Wallace, economist at the Centre for Economic and Business Research, said: "The rise in the RPI and the slightly higher-than-expected monthly consumer price inflation is likely to slightly boost expectations that the Bank of England will have to raise interest rates at least once more this year.

According to CSFB, the higher expectations for Ford's second-quarter performance are linked to strong earnings in the finance unit, slightly higher-than-expected volume, and better pricing.

Prices of consumer goods ticked up 0.3percentt in September, a slightly higher-than-expected increase that reversed a 0.1percentt decline in August.

Even a slightly higher-than-expected increase in the index of leading indicators, a crucial gauge of economic activity, failed to inspire investors.

"When you get a slightly higher-than-expected jobless claims number and a rise in producer prices because of oil, there is some concern about the economy".