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The current issue is that the monetary aggregate (M4) measure of lending to the private sector is at its lowest level in a decade, while inflation is more than double the BOE’s
target.
The problem is that if bodies like the FPC become as important to central banks as monetary policy committees, we may be left wondering which
target
takes precedence when they clash.
Finally, the ECB is eager to raise the eurozone inflation rate to its
target
of just under 2%.
Merkel and Sarkozy need to make the case that if the euro is to become a normal currency, Europe needs a normal central bank – one that does not merely
target
inflation like an automaton, but that also understands its responsibilities as a lender of last resort.
Most important, they should agree on indicative
target
dates – from five to 15 years – for achieving all of these initial objectives.
We know from experience that it is perfectly feasible to
target
a 70% reduction in child mortality, but that doing so will be expensive, requiring the construction of effective health services to deliver high-quality care before, during, and after birth.
A
target
to lower chronic malnutrition by 40%, by ensuring better access to micronutrients and sufficient food, would have a remarkable impact.
The best education
target
would be to triple the number of children attending pre-school in sub-Saharan Africa, the world’s most deprived region.
Today, neither Draghi’s recent statements nor the prospect of an American-style program of large-scale asset purchases (also known as quantitative easing) has caused the euro to weaken or the inflation rate to move back toward the
target
level of 2%.
“The government will not allow it to be the
target
of hostile raids by other banks.”
Some participants thought they had agreed to a sort of semi-fixing of exchange rates in the form of
target
zones, but the powerful German Bundesbank never shared that interpretation.
In order to lift half of the still-vulnerable population into the middle class, Brazil will need 4.2% annual GDP growth, on average, through 2030 – a
target
that can be met by tripling productivity growth.
Moreover, fiscal pressures notwithstanding, it seems highly regressive, if not downright perverse, to place the greatest financial burden on those in the poorest health (and who presumably are the
target
of such social programs).
Finally, the data revolution should enable the public to know whether or not a global goal or
target
has actually been achieved.
In a further telling move, Haniyeh also recently suggested merging Hamas with the Islamic Jihad movement, which continues to
target
Israeli civilians with rockets fired from Gaza.
In Kenya, we found that a new green-energy policy, including a feed-in tariff and 15-year power-purchase agreement, is catalyzing an initial
target
of 500 megawatts of geothermal, wind, and bio-fuel power, and a rise of more than 40% in the country’s installed capacity.
In Myanmar, for example, the government has launched a pilot program to
target
the country’s “missing million” students who drop out of school each year.
The first lesson is that, at least as long as the current interest-rate configuration is sustained, the proper inflation
target
for the Fed should be 4% per year, rather than 2%.
A higher
target
is essential in order to have enough room to make the cuts in short-term safe nominal interest rates of five percentage points or more that are usually called for to cushion the effects of a recession when it hits the economy.
The Fed protests that to change its inflation
target
even once would erode the credibility of its commitment to ensuring price stability.
Most European countries fail to meet the Alliance’s 2%-of-GDP
target
for defense spending, but still expect America to provide security guarantees against, for example, Russian adventurism.
It all began with an ill-fated press conference last December, at which the 2018 inflation
target
was relaxed from 8-12% to 15%.
The new figure was a reasonable admission that the earlier
target
could not be reached without wrecking the economy.
European officials propose to work this down to their
target
of 60% over a couple of decades.
The UN Millennium Development Goals, adopted in 2000, expire in December 2015, which means that time is running to meet the deadline for achieving the
target
of universal primary education.
To that end, the World Bank Group is engaging with partners at the local, national, and global levels to strengthen countries’ commitments and mobilize resources to achieve the ambitious
target
of achieving adequate land and property rights for all by 2030.
And, as with corporations, they can do so with the help of data on electoral preferences and behavior, and with new strategies to
target
key constituencies.
To a monetary economist, for example, the party’s proposal to restore some kind of metallic monetary standard is so outlandish as to be an almost irresistible
target.
The standard prescription would be to let the ECB
target
the average inflation rate and to rely on national fiscal policies to fine-tune the macroeconomic stance.
Leaders in Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States seem to understand this, as they call for a new, more comprehensive policy
target
to replace national output.
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