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Look at what happened on Monday, when the Chinese government released new economic growth targets: Instead of expanding GDP by 10.4%, as it did two years ago, China will now aim for 7.5% growth this year.
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The government, he said, would aim for annual GDP growth of 7% in the next five years, compared with a target of 7.5% set for 2006 to 2010 (when growth, in fact, averaged more than 10% a year).
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The aim is to get the deficit down to 7.3% this year.
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Senator Paul Routier said he would like to aim for an amount closer to the UN target of 0.7% of gross national income (GNI).
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Once they have the 6.5 or 7 they need, they consider that sufficient, rather than aim to improve it.
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By 2020 the aim is to generate 15% of energy from renewable sources, up from around 7% in 2005.
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The rate implied that if Italy were to borrow money today, with the aim of paying it back in 10 years, it would have to pay an interest rate of more than 7%, a rate seen as unsustainable by most analysts.
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However, Sir Stelios wrote: "Instead of ordering new aircraft, Easyjet should aim for a 10% profit margin, up from 1% four years ago and against the current level of 7%".
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