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Central Bank Response to Inflationary Pressure
A country's central bank operates under a monetary policy framework where its primary objective is to maintain the annual rate of price increases at a specific target of 2%. If economic forecasts strongly indicate that this rate will rise to 4% in the near future due to a surge in economy-wide spending, what specific action is the central bank most likely to take, and what is the economic reasoning behind this action?
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