It is helpful, however, to get over the idea that interest rate targeting precludes a range of possibilities in open market operations.

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"The Commission is planning a campaign for the next general election which will include a range of activity targeting young people, " Mr Streeter said.

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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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Although it is widely recognised that eliminating gender disparities with regards to access to education is essential for long-term social and economic development, progress towards this objective has been limited as evidenced by, for example, the limited range of adult literacy programmes targeting women.

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Travelling with professionals like Wildside Tours, which has an extensive range of eco-friendly excursions and programmes targeting Kafue, will ensure that your eyes stay peeled for fish eagles, spoonbills and herons, among many others.

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And one possible step in that direction would be to state explicitly the range of inflation rates Fed officials will tolerate, a practice known as inflation-targeting.

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Targeting just one chemical inside cancerous cells could one day lead to a single test for a broad range of cancers, researchers say.

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