In view of the weakening outlook and the downside risks to growth, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has maintained a relatively low target for the federal funds rate despite an increase in inflationary pressures.
EU. Mr Czarnecki's party has complained publicly about the tight budget and low inflation target planned for next year.
Natural gas prices set the price of electricity so now, with gas prices relatively low, the target is small.
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The second type includes options that would specifically target low-income households.
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Now to be clear I think the primary driver of low interest rates across the board is the presumption of weak nominal growth and that weak growth leading the Federal Reserve to keep a low interest rate target.
Other retail banks, such as Standard Bank, target the low-income population by offering accounts with limited transactional features at reduced charges.
The seasonal low was right on target, as crude oil prices did rally into July 2009 (point 6), but after a sharp, four-week correction, it again accelerated to the upside.
He said that people would have to be confident that rates would stay very low even if there was a small rise in inflation above the target level, because otherwise, low rates would be a less effective stimulus to the economy.
Moreover, the Indiana scheme has allayed fears that vouchers will not reach their target audience of low-income families.
If Cephalon is able to hit the low end of its earnings target for this year, the stock seems quite cheap at less than 9x 2010 earnings.
And as Arsenal continued to dominate the opening exchanges, Arshavin forced a fine save from Cech and Samir Nasri was narrowly off target with a low drive.
These latest products are reflective of the company's strategy to focus on creating differentiated IP leadership through low-power technologies that target the high-growth client markets such as ultrathin, convertible and tablet.
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If we have completed the a-wave at the last low, then the likely target for the b-wave can be as high as the 35.50 region before we see another strong move down.
With a wide assortment of product offerings to its target group of low-to-middle class U.S. consumers and by maintaining its pricing power over suppliers, we believe Wal-Mart will be able to sustain its leadership in the retail industry.
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And recognising that as the tax credit system became more developed and more generous, we were better able to target resources on low-income households, we increased the Working Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit as well as Child Benefit.
Department stores Macy's and Dillard's recorded modest improvement in the low single digits, as did Target and Gap.
Guthrie was also involved at the start of the second half with a low drive that was just off target with Middlesbrough keeper Ross Turnbull scrambling desperately to his right.
Community support for the program is very strong: two low-income neighborhoods near the target neighborhood demanded the city also recruit police homeowners for deteriorated houses in their areas, and this has now taken place.
But that target is possibly too low.
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The European Commission has been warning Italy's new government not to substantially reduce tax burdens, and Ireland remains a repeated target of its admonitions against low levies.
If enacted in its current form, Section 621 of this year's Energy bill , by contrast, would allow foreign companies to receive U.S. HEU for use in medical isotope production without having to move toward a low-enriched uranium (LEU) target, even if it is technically feasible for them to do so.
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Its weakness: Its relative strength is a low 42 (80 or higher is the target).
Discounters like Wal-Mart and Target were sapping it from the low end, and class acts like Nordstrom from the high.
Sasa Papac made a great run down the left wing and his low cross for Velicka deserved a shot on target at least.
If Boeing wants to hit its profitability target, and begin to make low single-digit margins by 2015, it will have to double its learning curve compared to production on the 777.
Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Thomas Hoenig sounded the inflation-curbing call earlier than Trichet when he said Wednesday that the central bank should consider lifting its target interest rate from its current low point of 0-0.25% that has been in place for more than 2 years.
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The U.K. government's response to ultra-low borrowing costs has been to ditch its debt target.
Though our CSC purchase will work out without it, in the world of QE2 and (artificially) very low interest rates, CSC becomes an easy acquisition target.
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Which takes us to Kentucky, where a super PAC allied with Democrats recently took the low road in attacking its No. 1 Republican target: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
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