This is partly thanks to the central bank's regime of inflation targeting (with a target range of 2-3%), which helped to cap inflationary expectations.
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Additionally, its chief financial officer, Tim Sloan, said that the performance reflected its steady concentration on long-term metrics, such as ROA and ROE, as it improved its efficiency ratio of 57.1 percent, well within its target range of 55 to 59.
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All the principals expressed concerns about older students who did not fall within the 16-19 year old age range target of the government and emphasised that a clearer picutre would not emerge until the Scottish Funding Council had revealed its priorities for the reallocation of funds from regions in its budgets.
Non-GAAP profits of 47 cents a share, on the other hand, were above the target range of 40-45 cents, and ahead of the Street at 43 cents.
The figures were revised and inflation, which was dropping anyway, is now comfortably inside its target range of 3-6%.
Inflation is below the 3% midpoint of its target range and last year's economic downturn was relatively mild.
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Adjust for those factors, and revenue would have been toward the high end of the target range, Adobe said.
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The Symposium will target a wide range of sustainability topics, including clean energy, water efficiency, climate and adaptation, sustainable buildings, greening the supply chain, and more.
This widens the playing field, and manufacturers that target a wide range of consumers, from the Japanese businessman to the Ugandan farmer, can step up to the plate.
Programmes target a wide range of national, regional and global challenges such as climate change, ocean health and fisheries, disaster warning and mitigation, capacity building, and data availability and exchange.
Karimzad sees growth at Gartner decelerating to the lower end of its target operatign range as IT spending growth shrinks to 3% next year from 5% this year, he says.
We believe that this is a result of a general improvement in the overall advertising market as larger companies regain sufficient advertising budgets to target a broader range of audiences.
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In December 2007 inflation reached 4.1% on a year-over-year basis, or higher than the upper limit of the National Bank of Poland's target range.
The number of Canadians in the target age range who own a BlackBerry fell to 31% in Q1 2012 from 40% in Q2 2011.
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The Federal Open Market Committee voted to keep its fed funds target rate unchanged at a range of zero to 0.25% Wednesday, but did acknowledge the improving economic environment.
The US and North Korea's neighbours fear Pyongyang's ultimate goal is to put a nuclear warhead on a long-range missile that could target the west coast of the US, but it is not believed to have mastered the technology yet.
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The Fed should instead target a narrow range for the price of gold and then create or extinguish money to keep the price within that range.
Economists said they did not expect inflation this year to breach the upper end of the central bank's target range because economic growth was predicted to remain relatively lacklustre.
The Facebook ad system is largely self-serve and provides real-time feedback on the size of the target audience and the suggested bid range to achieve impressions.
As investors, we want to ensure that companies benefit from strong boards of directors that reflect a full range of available talent and the diversity that exists within their target markets.
HSBC's ROE was 8.4 per cent, well short of the target 12-15 per cent range, and its worsened cost-income ratio was 62.8 per cent, compared with the 48-50 per cent target, reflecting the fact that the bank still has restructuring work to complete.
The council has said the target could be met through contributions from a range of technologies, including at least 22.5 MW from wind.
Preston's big opportunity came and went shortly after Anelka gave Chelsea the lead, and Darren Carter will have nightmares about how he somehow failed to hit the target from point-blank range with keeper Hilario out of position.
Or, if they know the age range of people watching a TV show, they can change a commercial to target them in different ways.
Using a range as a target for funding insured Facebook against appearing to fall short of raising money if there wasn't lots of demand for the deal, said the people.
Villa substitute Thomas Hitzlsperger forced Taylor in action with a long-range strike late on - it was Villa's first shot on target of the afternoon.
The huge range of items at different prices meant products found their way into budget stores like Target as well as dearer ones like Bloomingdale's.
In other words, if the FOMC announces that it wants the Federal Funds rate to be 4 percent rather than the existing 5 percent, the amount of open market purchases needed to achieve this target is likely a range rather than a point estimate.
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