81. Inflation, meanwhile, remained in check, despite tight labor market conditions that many economists have predicted would put considerable upward pressure on prices. 82. It was also lower than what economists predicted. 83. It was also better than the zero percent change predicted by economists. 84. Japanese money will find its way back to Southeast Asia, economists predict, though the form and the mechanisms may not be the same. 85. Just a year ago New Zealand economists were predicting the domestic currency would reach parity with its Australian counterpart this year. 86. Last month, many economists predicted that the string of large declines in the surplus had ended. 87. Looking to the future, economists predict that Brazil will become an increasingly muscular player in the international trading arena. 88. Many agricultural economists have predicted that the global settlement will produce a reduction in demand for cigarettes and other tobacco products. 89. Many economists had predicted the Fed would take no action on rates without some resolution of the budget debate in Washington. 90. Many economists predict that failure to find common ground will end in a hopelessly fractured Europe and economic decline. |