The decision, which lifts the benchmark short-term rate to 3 percent, had been widely forecast.

The damaging effect of a strong euro had been widely forecast in Europe.

Travelers Property has a reputation as a company that is well run and could survive a widely forecast industry consolidation.

Whatever position the organization takes, it is widely forecast that it will be a spirited race.

Still, higher prices for insurance to protect homes and buildings in other regions have been widely forecast.

Only the rate cut had been widely forecast, and that was expected to come only grudgingly.

All four companies are scrambling to expand enough to survive a shakeout, which has been widely forecast.

A gain in nonfarm payrolls of about 200,000 workers was widely forecast.

It is true that the Front did not achieve the widely forecast 20 per cent.

The domestic economy has not recovered in the manner that had been widely forecast.