21.   Among some doctors, like emergency-room physicians and anesthesiologists, disability claims have grown to more than twice the expected rates.

22.   Any finance student knows that a company invests its capital based on an expected rate of return.

23.   At that point, the Fed was under intense pressure from Wall Street to deliver a bigger than expected rate cut.

24.   Bitner and other analysts said another federal stimulus bill, combined with the expected rate cuts, should eventually help the economy turn around.

25.   Although Argentine shares recouped some losses in recent days, many had fallen since late February on concern about the expected rate increase.

26.   But those forecasts date from March, and new ones could show a slowing in the expected rate of profit growth.

27.   By the time Fed policymakers have gathered around the conference table, investors and analysts are already acting as if the expected rate cut has been announced.

28.   Earlier today, the government said inflation rose at half the expected rate, and retail sales in August climbed less than expected.

29.   Excluding food and energy costs, prices rose at half the expected rate.

30.   In Chile, stocks fell on concern that interest rates would rise after the economy expanded at a faster than expected rate.