With an inflation-rate target, any undershooting of the goal is treated as over and done with, but with a price-level target any undershooting must be made up for later by a period of overshooting, so the inflation rate aimed for can vary from year to year.

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He has only scored one goal since September but made a match-winning contribution as a substitute against Tranmere on 31 January and he is hoping that performance will be the platform to build on.

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Nonetheless, FIFA is testing the waters of goal line technology due to the critical number of bad calls made in a number of competitions.

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