1.   Although few market participants expect any change in interest rates at the meeting, investors were not inclined to get ahead of themselves.

2.   But if the Massachusetts study produces a strong positive result, as participants expect, that may raise ethical questions about continuing the federal trial.

3.   But many market participants had been expecting more.

4.   But market participants expected that the central bank would not make any changes in interest rates.

5.   Foreign exchange market participants expected the dollar to rise in the coming week amid expectations that the Federal Reserve will soon raise interest rates.

6.   Government bonds erased most gains from a recent rally this week and market participants expect prices to will continue to give ground in the week ahead.

7.   Many market participants expect no action this month.

8.   Market participants expect it will slip next week before rising in January as the Reserve Bank of Australia refrains from cutting interest rates.

9.   Market participants had expected the Bank of Japan to continue guiding overnight rates, already trading near historic lows, lower and closer to the discount rate.

10.   Most financial market participants expect the central bank to raise short-term interest rates by a quarter-point at the meeting.