It is the most common adverb of the Obama years: “unexpectedly.” ◠“Sales of U.S. previously owned homes unexpectedly dropped in July,” reported Bloomberg. ◠“Manufacturing in the Philadelphia region unexpectedly contracted in August by the most in more than two years as orders plunged and factories shed workers,”reported Bloomberg Businessweek. ◠“Consumer spending unexpectedly fell in June,” reported Reuters. ◠“Dismal economic data on Thursday pointed to an unexpectedly abrupt slowdown in manufacturing and a pickup in inflation,” reported the New York Times’ business page.This is just in the past week; hundreds of articles each month note that some...
