Most economists had expected the number to be closer to 1 percent.

Economists had expected the number to be about 4.1 percent.

The company expects the number to reach 58 billion by 1991.

This year, he expects the number to be down to 5,923.

The state expects the number to continue to fall for the next 10 years.

In both those areas, most Americans expected the same number as now.

The phone company expects the number to reach 20,000 by the end of 1989.

Officials said they expected the number of cases to increase.

It expects the number to amount to more than 170,000 by the end of this financial year.

Department researchers said they expected the number of new cases to continue to decline but more slowly over the next three years.