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The CPI figure will have limited influence on interest rate decisions going forward (as the benchmark is already at 1.00 percent); but it will nonetheless tell the market how easy it will be for the SNB to pursue rate cuts going forward.

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  1. noun A standard by which something can be measured or judged: "Inflation . . . is a great distorter of seemingly fixed economic ideas and benchmarks” (Benjamin M. Friedman). See Synonyms at standard.
  2. noun A surveyor's mark made on a stationary object of previously determined position and elevation and used as a reference point in tidal observations and surveys.
  3. transitive verb To measure (a rival's product) according to specified standards in order to compare it with and improve one's own product.

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  • Benefit packages should be comprehensive and defined as a benchmark for all insurance plans. —  Blog entry
  • Each round became increasingly more challenging as the benchmark was continually set and then broken. —  First Tracks!! Online Ski Magazine
  • From my perspective the benchmark is being avoided because no one can beat the Sun result. —  Planet Sun
  • With the caveat that this benchmark is a bunch of crap, I'll say Erlang was about 3x faster at spawning processes and about 2x faster at sending messages than Scala. —  Pure Danger Tech
  • This benchmark is about measuring how fast is the animal below: —  planet.freedesktop.org
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  1. From the use of the mark as a place to insert an angle iron that serves as a support for a leveling rod.
 

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