3 ms·Or clearer still "The increase is smaller than expected."by onion2k 4y agoOr clearer still "The increase is smaller than expected."hanoz 4y agoThat this month's rate is smaller than expected is a completely different thing to it being smaller than last month's rate.mgkimsal 4y agoIt seems both are true in this case, but yeah, those two statements don't really mean the same thing.