But Deborah Bergamini, a parliamentarian and member of Berlusconi's PDL party, is expecting a "surprise" result on February 25.
Remember that the Eurostar station at St Pancras International does passport checks prior to departure, which can surprise travellers expecting the customs process to take place at arrival.
Also, the company's outlook that its revenue will expand 6%-10% in dollar terms in the fiscal year that started on April 1 took investors by surprise as they were expecting more.
The decision took the automobile industry by surprise as many were expecting the government to announce some steps to boost demand, especially for cars which are witnessing a slump in sales due to increased ownership costs and an economic slowdown.
It was a surprise move, with many people expecting the dollar to weaken to BRL1.50 before any new measures were announced.
And speaking of no surprise, you should have been expecting the revelation that virtually none of the investors bucks were invested in Forex.
With this black cloud of negativity still hanging around the middle class, should it be any surprise that individuals and families are not expecting to be making more money a year from now?
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The figures came as a surprise to some analysts, who had been expecting stronger growth.
The Dow went up 150 points or so right away, as financial TV explained that the market was expecting a worse number, so this was a good surprise.
Although some are expecting some form of QE3, Bernanke may need to provide a surprise in order to juice the stock market, which continues to be one of his goals (i.e. wealth effect).
The move came as a surprise, with only two of the 18 economists polled by The Wall Street Journal expecting a reduction in the cost of lending.
It was not a big surprise that the talks were called off after it became known last week that GM was expecting a large upfront payment from the smaller automakers as the price for joining their alliance.
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