Well, I'd say its more trying to get in line with current expectations than anything else.
But given current expectations of high-single-digit returns for the stock market over the next several years, a 5 percent return in bonds is not bad.
Many rooms are smaller than current expectations for such space and spaces would need to be reworked.
My own suspicion is that investors' current expectations are not going to be satisfied.
"For semiconductors our current expectation is that the industry will not see a recovery before 2002."
Their current expectation is that the pandas will be claimed tomorrow or Friday.
Recent experience changes current expectation, which in turn shapes a new political reality.
Given current expectations about inflation, that works out to a real, or inflation-adjusted, return of around 7 percent.
Users approach each situation depending on past experience and current expectations.
The board's index of consumer confidence, which measures current and future expectations, fell to 79.4 from 93.7 in September.
