It is not an event and neither is it a journey with a fixed end point.

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But as raising interest rates to protect the currency means slowing the economy, a government might at some point decide that the pain of maintaining the fixed exchange rate is not worthwhile.

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And the goal is not time-bound because it has no starting point, no ending point, and no fixed duration.

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