But to seek to keep inflation above zero is hardly to risk hyperinflation.
And though the ruling is a blow to the government, it is hardly likely to be cowed in its pursuit of white-collar criminals.
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The damage is likely to continue to mount, perhaps because the underlying pathology is hardly restricted to those who have taken the fall.
As a positive study submitted to the European Parliament by University of Duisburg-Essen professor Ansgar Belke shows, using gold collateral to raise cheaper loans is hardly new to sovereign governments either.
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Is it Eurosceptic to think that a parliament that inspires 50% of its own members is hardly likely to inspire ordinary voters?
With Iraq's Kurdish region seeking to reduce its dependence on Baghdad, the relationship with Turkey may soon move to another level -- but one that is hardly immune to risk.
This type of talk is hardly going to get consumers back into the shopping malls.
But this phenomenon is hardly restricted to people in a desperate quest for pageviews.
Blair is hardly going to apologise to the M25 Three, and nor are the police.
This piecemeal gathering of varied bequests is hardly likely to make up a coherent collection, however.
Life, as the book is called, is hardly going to drive a wedge between The Glimmer Twins.
While a 90-basis point headwind is substantial in a low-return investment environment, it is hardly impossible to overcome.
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Even so, a points victory on foot-and-mouth is hardly likely to save the Tories' electoral bacon in May.
Mr Haider is hardly likely to let himself be holed up in Carinthia with nationwide elections coming up.
And the rising popularity of rentership is hardly contained to the housing market.
Therefore, a pullback of -5.3% is hardly anything to get overly concerned about at this stage of the game.
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Of course, the mudslinging--er, campaigning--is hardly confined to the 30-second television spot today.
With this kind of talk in the air, the post-summit atmosphere in Israel is hardly conducive to reopening negotiations.
So enforcing rich countries' intellectual-property rights, which will often make imports more expensive, is hardly likely to be popular.
That is hardly enough to provide a new service, or radically new pricing.
The oil, gas and petrochemicals sector employs only 120, 000 workers, and is hardly going to mop up the job-seekers.
For all of its arrogance, Enron is hardly likely to share that fate: but hubris can lead to nemesis, even so.
And perhaps it hasn't noticed that the closing of the gap in economic development and in GDP is hardly unique to Scotland.
But this sort of dynastic politics too is hardly special to Catamarca.
This coming together of officials from Scotland, Spain, the Czech Republic, Lithuania and Liechtenstein is hardly likely to have supporters drooling in anticipation.
In the case of humans, one might think that it is hardly necessary to get the professional opinion of a zoologist on the matter.
If dealing with the Nazarbayevs and Mbasogos of the world is a necessary evil in the oil business, ExxonMobil is hardly new to the game.
But critics point out that it is hardly possible to meet it (IT being such a global business), even if it were a good idea.
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