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Target Two Point Zero - It's The Economy, Students!
The economy gets headlines all the time, whether about interest rates, mortgages, inflation, jobs, or the many other issues relevant to it.
Published on
12 November 2004
Across the United Kingdom later this month nearly one thousand school and college students will demonstrate why it receives this attention. Economics - the so-called 'dismal' science - will come alive when teams compete in the initial round of the fifth annual Bank of England/Times Interest Rate Challenge. Their challenge is to decide what the UK's official interest rate should be to keep inflation low and stable.