1.   Nonetheless, venture capitalists say they expect a downturn in the venture market over the next several years, an inevitability, they say, in a cyclical process.

2.   Today many economists expect a downturn of some kind in the not-too-distant future.

3.   Weber, the editor of The Standard, said he had always expected the downturn.

4.   While his contrarian nature sometimes caused him to be early in expecting market downturns, it left him in a good position to benefit from the inevitable rebounds.

5.   But in recent months, analysts have been expecting a downturn in foreign investment in Japan as U.S. securities become more attractive.

6.   But most economists had expected the downturn and found a silver lining in details emerging from the economic data.