But this leaves us prone to being wrong-footed every time.
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It is easy to see why the economists were wrong-footed.
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They have been wrong-footed in the past over BoE rates signals.
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His willingness to strike deals has also kept some critics wrong-footed.
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Emerging market equities were mostly wrong-footed by the US presidential election result.
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"He was wrong-footed by Rajoy's tough response," said an ally of Puigdemont.
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For now, chalk "Salomé" up to a wrong-footed experiment in fictive reimagining.
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Black Friday is not the only recent trend to have wrong-footed the ONS.
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This is going to catch a lot of people wrong footed, end of discussion.
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This is going to catch a lot of people wrong-footed, end of discussion.
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The lithium market appears to have wrong-footed them again, this time on the downside.
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Trump's allies will be worrying that the new president may have already wrong-footed himself .
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That wrong-footed the PD, which had assumed the movement would not antagonise gay people.
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Nokia was wrong footed by the rise of smartphones and eclipsed by Apple and Samsung.
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Yet it is the intensity of protests at home that has wrong-footed Ms Park's administration.
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Harris seemed wrong-footed by the attacks, with her answers often flat and lacking in specifics.
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The youngster cleverly picked his spot and placed his finish beyond the wrong-footed Hugo González.
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Every trader on the London Metal Exchange probably has a tale to tell of wrong-footed rivals.
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Then at the end of the point she turned her left ankle after Pliskova wrong-footed her.
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It was a practice he developed over the years to avoid getting caught wrong-footed in the markets.
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But the challenger he wrong-footed, Peter Dutton, the home-affairs minister (pictured standing), refused to give up.
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She is so self-reliant that you can be wrong-footed into thinking she doesn't need any assistance.
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He has wrong-footed the Chinese leadership, which did not anticipate the aggressiveness or scale of America's tariff strategy.
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The second most powerful executive at one of Britain's biggest banks said he and his colleagues felt wrong-footed.
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WRONG-FOOTED At the time of the Vilahur talks, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy seemed to hold the upper hand.
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Narrative convention dictates that one, at least, must die, and that we must be wrong-footed about which one.
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It can be a wrong-footed central bank, the popping of a financial bubble or a shock from overseas.
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But when the pass arrived, it somehow wrong-footed him, and bounced off his shins for a goal kick.
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During a year of schisms and mistrust, OPEC has repeatedly wrong-footed the markets and its credibility is in tatters.
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On more than one occasion traders have been wrong-footed by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's (RBNZ) policy statements.
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When his opponent's aggressive return caught him wrong-footed and forced him onto his heels, Shapovalov did what came naturally.
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Wrong-footed by the explosion in arrivals last autumn Mrs Merkel's government tightened asylum rules, but few were put off.
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Only one out of every eight funds have beaten the index over that period, suggesting many were caught wrong-footed.
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A main course of octopus shimmers under a fine spice glaze, but gets wrong-footed by a jumble of sauces.
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The South Korean government, in its haste to make ready for dialogue with the North, almost immediately wrong-footed itself.
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Despite being wrong-footed for years, strategists are still clinging on to their view of a weaker dollar in a year.
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He also took the PK, and absolutely pinpoint nailed it off of the post to zag behind the wrong-footed keeper.
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Wittmann has continued his bullish stance despite being wrong-footed in November 2015 when making a similar call on global markets.
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Others that made bets on macroeconomic trends were caught off guard by wrong-footed bets and had to shutter their firms.
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Instead, it was a train wreck: Shandling is openly hostile and dickish to Gervais, who seems perpetually confused and wrong-footed.
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The Khashoggi scandal has wrong-footed the Saudi leadership, significantly increasing the likelihood that such a demand will be acted upon.
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He added that the Trump's previous tariff hikes after seemingly constructive negotiations have wrong-footed investors several times in the past.
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The zinc market has been wrong-footed in the past, most recently in 2015, by the sudden appearance of previously "hidden" stocks.
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Three Belgian defenders — Marouane Fellaini, Jason Denayer and Thomas Meunier — were wrong-footed (and might still be wondering which way he went).
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But the BoE then wrong-footed investors when it kept rates on hold in July, adding to pressure for action in August.
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And Ankara may have been wrong-footed in a swiftly worsening crisis, prompted by a new stage in the Libyan civil war.
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The jump in yields wrong-footed markets, precipitating a worldwide slide in stocks, bonds, commodities and the dollar's value against the Japanese yen.
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The BoE wrong-footed investors earlier this month by keeping rates on hold, although it held out the prospect of a stimulus package.
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The BoE raised its growth forecasts after being wrong-footed by the strength of the economy despite Britain's decision to leave the European Union.
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In textbook commodity market fashion, the price slump appears to have wrong-footed producers, at least one of which has been boosting output significantly.
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Wall Street suffered its largest sell-off in 10 months on Friday after Britain's decision to leave the European Union caught traders wrong-footed.
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Looks like Mercado will get credit for the own goal — he stuck his toe in the way of Messi's shot and wrong-footed Lloris.
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Frequently wrong-footed by leaks and Trump's freewheeling use of Twitter, the White House informed only a tight circle of officials about the trip.
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We hasten to add that the events of 20.8 wrong-footed some summit attendees from last year, not least on emerging markets and Italy.
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It has similarities to the original game, but its central ideas and aesthetic seem today like they'd have wrong-footed expectant fans back in 1998.
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Markets are more likely to be wrong-footed by announcements about unprecedented asset-purchase programmes than by garden-variety interest-rate tweaks, she has noted.
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However, after surprises in last year's U.S. election and the UK Brexit referendum, voter indecision and low turnout could catch markets wrong-footed yet again.
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In 2009, the Brawn GP team won both titles with a 'double diffuser' concept that wrong-footed rivals and left them rushing to catch up.
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Uruguay doubled their lead in the 23rd minute when Diego Laxalt's shot from the edge of the area deflected off Cheryshev, leaving Akinfeev wrong-footed.
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After surprises in last year's U.S. election and the UK Brexit referendum, market participants are worried about the risk of being caught wrong-footed again.
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"Personal Problems" contains not a single shot that can be called beautiful, but there's also not a genuinely wrong-footed view in the whole work.
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Nasser Al Omran's strike from distance took a deflection off Abdullah Al Hamdan and wrong-footed Uzbek goalkeeper Abduvakid Nematov before nestling in the net.
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They were further wrong-footed by the yen's surge as investors scrambled for safe havens after Britain's surprise vote in June to leave the European Union.
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Porzingis set another screen to free Justin Holiday for a jump shot before you wrong-footed Marc Gasol for a pull-up jumper in the lane.
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One of the reasons Iran has so often wrong footed the US is that the two nations have had no diplomatic relations at all since 1979.
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Blood freshly running from his nose, Perry immediately jumped in with another hands-low left hook which wrong footed Ellenberger and sent him to the mat.
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West provided a nice window into how the Warriors were treated last night—caught wrong-footed, in a position to be abused, and just giving up.
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They can hope Mr Bezos makes a mistake, or gets wrong-footed by some startling new trend—but though both are possible, they are hardly a strategy.
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Yet Mr Trump's willingness to disrupt and offend has already wrong-footed China's leaders, who thought they could count on America being unwilling to rock the boat.
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Since taking over the central bank nearly three years ago, Carney has been repeatedly wrong-footed by the British economy's twists and turns after the financial crisis.
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Penilla split two Toronto defenders before unleashing a wicked right-footed kick from just outside the penalty area that wrong-footed Reds' goalkeeper Alexander Bono couldn't handle.
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Last year it was wrong-footed by bets against grocer Whole Foods and mall operator General Growth Properties and said that six of its shorts were acquired.
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That left it "wrong footed" when all the other carriers chose the LTE standard for their 4G networks, said Craig Moffett, founding partner at research firm MoffettNathanson.
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After years of Russian aggression being met by empty American words, the roles are reversed: Russia is wrong-footed and Mr. Putin finds his credibility at stake.
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For a brief period, in 2011, after we turned out Mr. Mubarak and wrong-footed the old men who run Egypt, the State Security Investigations Service was abolished.
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Queuing up at Wembley I took malicious pleasure in spotting the silly glitterheads who'd been wrong-footed by the new regime and still dressed like clowns in Bacofoil.
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Barty took the first set with a backhand that wrong-footed her opponent and wrapped up the match, played in warm sunshine, with a high backhand volley winner.
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Mr Trudeau's most eye-catching promise—and one which wrong-footed the New Democratic Party to his left—was to abandon Mr Harper's goal of a balanced budget.
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"I have the impression that the huge rise in global corn prices since the tender was issued has wrong-footed some importers like India," one European trader said.
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A centrist wonk who has been wrong footed in TV interviews, he has emerged recently as the proverbial outsider that fed up voters here periodically latch on to.
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Last week BoE Governor Mark Carney admitted the central bank had been wrong-footed by the strength of consumer spending, thanks to a strong labor market and cheap credit.
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The reversal, which wrong-footed watchmakers and retailers, has been exacerbated by weaker demand in tourism hot spots in Europe and high costs triggered by a strong Swiss franc.
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The Londoners equalised in the 65th minute when Moura's shot from the edge of the area took a deflection off Luke Shaw that wrong-footed substitute goalkeeper Sergio Romero.
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The Canadian's decision wrong-footed expectations that he would either stick with his plan to leave after five years in 2018 or extend his stay in London to 2021.
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While many people expected the presidential and parliamentary elections to be held early, the new date leaves barely two months for campaigning and may have wrong-footed Erdogan's opponents.
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And there should be one bipartisan consensus around this issue: Sometimes protests are statements worth making, whether they are heeded, ignored, written off, or even if they're wrong-footed.
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Bond strategists and economists have been wrong-footed for years predicting higher rates and yield curves returning to what they looked like before the financial crisis nearly a decade ago.
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In reality, much of the money Mr. Caspersen raised from friends was squandered on wrong-footed bets in the market, Paul Shechtman, Mr. Caspersen's lawyer, said in a recent interview.
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"The market was caught wrong-footed as the rates would be on hold into mid-2019," said Peter Ng, senior currency trader at Silicon Valley Bank at Santa Clara, California.
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There is also a bizarrely wrong-footed scene between two Ojibwe people, which the dialogue (in Ojibwe and English) and actors' tone suggest is meant to be sympathetic and respectful.
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The 10-year benchmark bond yield IN071728G=CC fell to 8.05 percent from 7.43 percent before the policy was announced, as traders expecting a rate hike were caught wrong-footed.
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The reversal caught watchmakers and retailers wrong-footed and demand for pricey watches in Hong Kong, where mainland Chinese used to buy luxury goods due to lower taxes, have never recovered.
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The two-month countdown to the French Presidential election has ushered in an air of nervousness for investors who are worried about being wrong-footed by another populist upset in Europe.
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The latest strategic maneuver in a process that has consistently wrong-footed the White House will weaken the "process" defense that Trump has so far used to stigmatize the impeachment drive.
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Elliott in 2017 invested in SLM in anticipation of a takeover by General Electric, but was caught wrong-footed as GE turned to peer Arcam instead and walked away from SLM.
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Since taking over the central bank nearly three years ago, Carney has been wrong-footed on a number of occasions by the British economy's twists and turns after the financial crisis.
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Many hedge fund managers were wrong-footed by last year's U.S. election inspired rally but said they are now finding their way with bets on foreign stocks and undervalued U.S. companies.
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Most of the adjustment has come from the short side of the market, where hedge fund managers convinced that oil prices would fall further were wrong-footed by the sudden rally.
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He works a neat give and go with Giroud at the top of the box, and send a shot off a defender's foot and the crossbar behind a wrong-footed Ryan.
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First, there was the dunk, which Ginobili described as a sort of out-of-body experience: a wrong-footed, soaring slam as he sliced between defenders late in the first half.
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Millions of words have been written in the analysis of a market that has gone basically nowhere overall, while sharp price reversals in a trendless market have repeatedly wrong-footed investors.
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Goldman Sachs found itself "wrong-footed" last year as it positioned itself for a return of volatility and inflation that didn't happen, at least not immediately, CEO Lloyd Blankfein said Tuesday.
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"We're in an environment where everyone is negative on EM. Argentina got caught wrong-footed at a bad time for EM," said Win Thin, senior currency strategist at Brown Brothers Harriman.
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Telephone polls have previously tended to give the In campaign a comfortable lead and the sharp swing wrong-footed financial markets, sending sterling to a one-week low against the U.S. dollar.
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Both of Patel's policy reviews so far have wrong-footed investors, raising frustration that they are unable to get a handle on where monetary policy is headed in Asia's third-largest economy.
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Market participants who were bearish 2019 WCS because of fundamentals like rising production and tight pipeline capacity were wrong-footed by the curtailments and ended up losing "a ton of money," he said.
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Marterer double-faulted to hand the break back but, displaying a healthy disrespect for reputations, carved out another breakpoint at 2-2, only to be wrong-footed by a superb Nadal backhand winner.
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The story requires him to be wrong-footed or slow on the draw over and over, and it's an ongoing, low-key problem for a character who's being built up as a hero.
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These funds were wrong-footed by the surge in U.S. stock market volatility in early February when U.S. inflation fears gripped markets and traders suddenly began to price in higher U.S. interest rates.
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Tesco, which has been wrong-footed by the seismic changes in the industry caused by the advance of discount groups Aldi and Lidl, said it grew sales in the 19 weeks to Jan.
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There were several false starts to that rally as funds bought into the zinc deficit narrative only to be wrong-footed by sudden, large-tonnage deliveries of zinc into the LME storage network.
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Rajoy's departure would trigger a second political crisis in southern Europe, further unnerving financial markets already wrong footed by failed attempts to form a government in Italy three months after a national election.
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On Friday, however, the central bank again wrong-footed markets by increasing its buying in five- to 10-year bonds, helping to bring down their yields from 11-month highs touched earlier this week.
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Last week, the company reported a loss in the April-to-June quarter after being caught wrong-footed in the soybean futures market with bets that the U.S.-China trade fight would be resolved.
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MUMBAI (Reuters) - Huge protests in India against a citizenship law seen by many as anti-Muslim have wrong-footed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sent his Hindu nationalist party scrambling to douse the anger.
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Hedge funds have been beleaguered by poor performance in the past year after some were wrong-footed by the pace of U.S. interest rate hikes and the post-election rally in the United States.
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Theologically conservative, he spectacularly wrong-footed Francis on his visit to America in 2015 by getting him to meet Kim Davis, a clerk in Kentucky jailed for refusing to issue marriage licences to gay couples.
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That wrong-footed the companies, which often take on an opposing position to offset the risk of the put options they write for the Mexican hedge program, three sources familiar with the money flows said.
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Trevor Noah's wrong-footed start on Comedy Central's flagship show and Colbert's flailing freshman season on CBS should make this no big surprise — even after the Television Academy split variety into "talk" and "sketch" categories.
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Sushil Wadhwani, a fund manager, thinks that many investors were bearish before Donald Trump's election in November and were caught out by the sudden rally in equities; they are reluctant to be wrong-footed again.
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The EU's north-western members were wrong-footed by the unexpected numbers of Poles, Romanians and Bulgarians who moved west after their countries joined between 2004 and 2007, and want to avoid repeating the experience.
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In the process, Saudi negotiators wrong-footed many hedge fund managers, who had established large short positions in futures and options last month expecting there would be no deal or only a very weak one.
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On a chaotic and rain-hit afternoon of ever-changing fortunes, the race came as a contrast to last year when Vettel had been wrong-footed by a sudden rain shower and skidded off track.
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Many were caught wrong-footed when Pfizer's $160 billion effort to buy Allergan fell apart earlier this year, and they took even heavier losses when AbbVie's $55 billion purchase of Shire blew up in 2014.
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Some of those losses have come from his bet against Herbalife, as well as from a wrong-footed bet on Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, which has come under regulatory and public scrutiny over the last year.
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A former member of the Bank of England (BOE) told CNBC it's "unwise" for the central bank to stick to a long-term policy strategy in case it gets wrong-footed by new economic data.
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Opinion Columnist This should have been one of the best weeks of Donald Trump's presidency — a week when the shadow of impeachment lifted, when his fiercest critics were dramatically wrong-footed, when the NO COLLUSION!
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Although the BoE wrong-footed financial experts three weeks ago by leaving rates unchanged, the central bank said most of its policymakers were likely to support action in August as post-referendum uncertainty depressed the economy.
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It's well-intentioned, but does have the potential to appear morally wrong-footed: Privileged film festival attendees queue up to get a 20-minute taste of oppression and misery—and then move on with their day.
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Ignoring the crashing of the heavens, and a sea of angry, whistling fans, the Frenchman wrong-footed the goalkeeper and calmly stroked home the second of France's goals in a breathtaking 4-2 win over Croatia.
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The White House felt wrong-footed after Pelosi released a letter Wednesday calling for Trump to reschedule his big TV moment -- the State of the Union address on January 29 -- because of the partial government shutdown.
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Wall Street and the MSCI World index have slipped into the red for the year, retail investors pulled record amounts out of global equity funds last week, and the speculative trading community has been spectacularly wrong-footed.
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"The Fed in the end was dovish when a slightly more hawkish message was expected, so that was supportive for gold, while the Bank of Japan clearly wrong-footed the market," Societe Generale analyst Robin Bhar said.
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Despite Friday's drop, Brent and WTI remain up more than 10 percent since the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries wrong-footed many market participants eight days ago with its first production cut plan in eight years.
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Despite the drop, Brent and WTI remain up more than 10 percent since the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries wrong-footed many market participants eight days ago with its first production cut plan in eight years.
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"Different signals about FX policy have wrong-footed market participants, and we are wary in believing that an immediate calmness will soon emerge," wrote Paul Mackel, head of emerging markets FX research at HSBC, in a note.
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Wrong-footed by Moscow with Russia's seizure of Crimea in 2014 and its intervention in Syria's war in 2015, the United States is distrustful of the Kremlin's public message and wants to be ready for any eventuality.
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Lawmakers made speeches to the crowd, congratulating them for standing up to the government and police -- who appeared to be completely wrong-footed by the speed in which protesters took over roads and blocked off the legislative complex.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P 5003 turned negative for the year-to-date on Friday as Wall Street suffered its largest selloff in 10 months after Britain's decision to leave the European Union caught traders wrong-footed.
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Having been wrong footed by Kuznetsov at 2-2 in the second set with the Russian serving at 40-40 he changed direction and flung himself full length at the ball in an attempt to make a return.
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Up or down in the match, Kyrgios seemed to be enjoying himself immensely - which appeared to discombobulate his opponent as much as his varied serves, which frequently left him wrong-footed and appealing to the skies for guidance.
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Macro-focused and commodity trading advisory funds (CTAs) had bet on a further rally ahead of renewed U.S. sanctions on Iran, but instead were caught wrong-footed after waivers were announced and U.S. production surged faster than expected.
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Wrong-footed by FCA's decision to withdraw its merger proposal late on Wednesday, a French official called FCA Chairman John Elkann early on Thursday to see if he might reconsider, but was rebuffed, one of the sources said.
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Even those who sailed against the tide to predict Britons would vote to leave the EU and Donald Trump would make it to the White House would probably have been wrong-footed by the subsequent moves across stock markets.
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Global grains merchant Bunge Ltd reported a surprise quarterly loss on Wednesday after being caught wrong-footed in the soybean futures market with bets that a trade war between the United States and China would be averted.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors who bet on U.S. inflation bonds making a comeback in 215 were caught wrong-footed in January as oil prices tumbled to 210-year lows and fears about China and emerging economies roiled global markets.
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Most BoE rate-setters, who were wrong-footed by the resilience of Britain's consumers in 2016 following the European Union referendum shock, want more time to see how the economy copes before considering a change in record-low rates.
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The BoE had wrong-footed markets by keeping rates on hold in July, but since then its chief economist Andy Haldane argued the central bank should be ready to use a "sledgehammer" to tackle even tentative signs of a downturn.
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Police and the government were completely wrong footed Wednesday morning, as thousands and then tens of thousands of mostly young protesters surrounded the city government headquarters -- known as the Legislative Council -- blocking roads and preventing lawmakers from going to work.
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Pearson, which sold the Financial Times newspaper and its stake in The Economist last year to concentrate on education, has been wrong-footed by a strong U.S. jobs recovery, which has reduced the number of older students going to college.
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Economic surveys have pointed to a sharp slowdown since the BoE wrong footed markets just over two weeks ago, when it kept rates on hold while it considered a bigger, unspecified package of stimulus, which policymakers said was likely in August.
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After being wrong-footed by the resilience of British consumer demand and the housing market after the referendum, it now expects investment in housing to grow by 3 percent this year, barely down on 2016's 4 percent growth rate.
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That changed in the 57th minute, with a stroke of luck for Seattle, as Kelvin Leerdam smashed a hard shot that deflected off Toronto defender Justin Morrow and past his wrong-footed goalkeeper to give Seattle a 1-0 lead.
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"The data are making the Fed's current policy look too wrong footed and the markets are waiting for them to get back on track, most likely in December," said Chris Rupkey, chief economist at MUFG Union Bank in New York.
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LONDON (Reuters) - A slide in zinc inventories on the London Metal Exchange to their lowest in more than a decade has wrong-footed bearish investors who are scrambling to cover or roll over futures positions before the November contract expiry.
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Nokia was wrong-footed by waiting for 5G radio standards to enter force late last year, while rivals were quicker to revamp products in anticipation of early rollouts in the United States and Korea, industry sources and analysts told Reuters.
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She insults the academic Pierce with a crack about Wikipedia; she trolls Roman's reading recs and bullies Tom in front of everyone; she's wrong-footed with Nan (who gives her a truly operatic glare) when she tries to compliment Pierce.
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The biggest challenge will be to keep the prospect of a further rate rise this year credible in the eyes of investors, who feel wrong-footed by a slowdown in the economy that may well prove temporary and by the BoE's shifting guidance.
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Pearson, which sold the Financial Times and its stake in The Economist last year to concentrate on education, has been wrong-footed by a strong recovery in the U.S. jobs market, which has reduced the number of mature students going to college.
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Last month the BoE dropped plans to cut rates again and instead adopted a neutral stance for policy after conceding it had been wrong-footed by the resilience of Britain's economy after the shock of June's vote to leave the European Union.
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Few politicians look as compromised and conscious of being wrong-footed as Mr. Corbyn does on TV. He is at home only in gatherings of the faithful, where he doesn't have to hide what's in his heart because it's in theirs as well.
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He has already wrong-footed the generals twice: first, by choosing not to accede to the throne for a month after his father's death last October; second, by ordering changes to sections of the junta's constitution that lightly limited the palace's ill-defined powers.
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By framing up clean energy in terms of business interests, Obama manages to meet the President-elect on his home turf and make a clear case that "unleashing" American coal production and scrapping the Paris climate accord would be very wrong-footed financial moves.
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"This immediately caught out investors who were initially wrong-footed by the deceptively high dollar/yuan fixing yesterday morning (relative to market's projections) and had chosen to go long the dollar/offshore yuan on this," analysts at Macquarie said in a note on Thursday.
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It takes some cringe-inducingly wrong-footed steps, like all Kim's talk about leaving Kabul and returning to "the real world," as if all of Afghanistan was just a painted set piece, ready to be folded up and stored once she no longer needs it.
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Casemiro made it 2-1 after 61 minutes when his deflected long-range wrong-footed veteran keeper Gianluigi Buffon - who has now lost in three finals - and Ronaldo swept in the third at the near post after a great run and cross by Luka Modric.
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The well-known strategist attributes his wrong-footed assumption to a belief that nominal wages had stayed subdued through 2016 primarily due to weak headline consumer price inflation (CPI) in the past few years, meaning workers' real wages had recently experienced stronger growth than seen for a while.
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While he was wrong-footed in the first part of last year, when crude's rebound to around $60 a barrel proved temporary, he joined others such as Goldman Sachs in taking a much more bearish view in more recent months, predicting in December that U.S. crude would drop below $30 a barrel in February.
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Carney and his fellow policymakers were wrong-footed by the resilience of Britain's economy last year following the referendum decision in June to take the country out of the EU. Britain's growth in 2016 was faster than in any other Group of Seven big rich economy, confounding the BoE's pre-referendum warnings of a swift Brexit hit to the economy.
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