Almost no one expects it to emerge from recession in 2013.

BBC: Eurozone crisis: Troubling year ahead

This has been a trend across the retail industry in the past two years, and no one expects it to be reversed now that consumer sentiment is starting to improve.

ECONOMIST: America's shoppers

But no one expects Mr Bush to veto it (as The Economist went to press, he had not yet got round to signing it).

ECONOMIST: America's tax policy hits a new low

Although no one expects Honduras to remain a pariah state indefinitely, it is unclear what conditions will be demanded in return for normalising relations.

ECONOMIST: Honduras's presidential election

While no one expects the Greek settlement to have systemic implications, it does set the precedent for any subsequent restructurings, which could take on added importance if big, troubled peripherals like Spain or Italy take a turn for the worse.

FORBES: Greek Default Provides Temporary Relief As EU Crisis Marches On

No one ever expects to regain the intoxicant levels of the boom years, but neither is it considered necessarily bad to stop living beyond our means on a raft of imported dreams. (It has certainly spelled immediate relief for the environment.) Painful, difficult times allow for painful, difficult changes.

CNN: Sign-off 1998

On the whole it was a disarming, intelligent and politically effective performance: one expects no less.

ECONOMIST: Politics and the boom

Home Depot shocked no one when it posted a drop in fourth-quarter earnings, but the home improvement chain expects results to continue lagging for the rest of the year.

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