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Target Two Point Zero - Economics - a challenge for schools and colleges
This week marks the launch of the twelfth Interest Rate Challenge, the competition designed to give 16 to 18 year old students across the UK the opportunity to take on the role of the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) and set monetary policy for the UK to meet the inflation target of 2.0%.
Published on
23 May 2011
From Belfast to Brighton, Perth to Plymouth and Swansea to Sheffield, the Challenge involves teams of students assessing economic data and issues and considering the outlook for the economy and inflation in order to make their monetary policy decisions.
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