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Target

1. Any objective of economic policy. 2. The value of an economic variable that policy makers regard as ideal and use as the basis for setting policy. Contrasts with instrument. 3. The level of an exchange rate that guides exchange market intervention by a central bank or exchange stabilization fund.



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Target zones

Target zones

Implicit boundaries on exchange rates established by central banks.


Target cash balance

Target cash balance

Optimal amount of cash for a firm to hold, considering the trade-off between the opportunity costs of holding too much cash and the trading costs of holding too little cash.


Target zone arrangement

Target zone arrangement

A monetary system under which countries pledge to maintain their exchange rates within a specific margin around agreed-upon, fixed central exchange rates.


Target price

Target price

In the context of takeovers, the price at which an acquirer aims to buy a target firm. In the context of options, the price of the underlying security at which an option will become in the money. In the context of stocks, the price that an investor hopes a stock will reach in a certain time period.


Foreign targeted issue

Foreign targeted issue

Notes sold between October 1984 and February 1986 to foreign institutions, foreign branches of US institutions, foreign central banks or monetary authorities, and to international organizations in which the United States held membership. Sold as companion issues, they could be converted to domestic (normal) Treasury notes with the same maturity and interest rates. Interest was paid annually.


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Takeover target
Target investment mix
Targeted registered offerings
Feasible target payout ratios
Geotargeting
Target firm
Target Leverage Ratio


 
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