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Meeting the convergence criteria was the central aim of the overall economic policy - irrespective of how monetary policy was classified. Theoretically, inflation targeting in ERM II presents an additional complication in that the impact of the national interest rate diminishes relative to domestic activity and future inflation rates as the date of EMU accession approaches.