11. The government said industrial production was weaker than expected in April, dashing expectations the economy was strengthening. 12. The government said industrial production was weaker than expected in April, dashing expectations that the economy was strengthening. 13. The ILO said the economic collapse had resulted in a combustible mixture of soaring unemployment, spreading poverty and dashed expectations. 14. The plunge followed a strong U.S. jobs report that dashed expectations interest rates will decline soon. 15. The report dashed expectations the Federal Reserve would continue lowering interest rates. 16. The results dashed expectations for lower interest rates in Hong Kong, whose currency and rates shadow their American counterparts. 17. The surprising report dashed expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates again soon. 18. Their expectation was soon dashed. 19. Their unprecedented optimism calls into question whether past habitswill hold true if high expectations are dashed. 20. Those expectations have been dashed by a new burst of arrests, detentions and censorship. |