But the unrelieved pessimism may in itself be a favorable sign.

Despite the favorable signs, the plan is not out of the woods yet for two important reasons.

One favorable sign, however, was that selling momentum picked up late in the month, especially over the Thanksgiving weekend.

Many analysts view heavy short sales as a favorable sign because all those shares have to be bought back later.

If the court proceeded with a direct appeal, they say, it would be a favorable sign for the government.

The favorable signs should keep foreign criticism of Japan's trade surplus in check, they said.

I did not think that was an entirely favorable sign.

A favorable sign for Republicans is that their candidates won 56 percent of the votes in the primary.

Blood drawn the day before showed still more favorable signs.

A very favorable sign, it means that the Fates are with us.