In Kiev, there is also a sober assessment of the medium-term chances of membership of the EU.
The question is about the medium term, of course, right?
Labor said its package will raise $1.4bn over four years, and $18.9bn over the medium term of 10 years.
And over the medium term, of course, it's a plan to savage the poor while giving big tax breaks to the rich.
Now past 30, Cavendish, too, is beginning to think about filling spaces in his palmarès, hence the renewed focus on the track that brought him here in search, in the medium term, of an Olympic gold medal.
The ECB's mission is to achieve price stability, and since 2003 it has interpreted this to mean an inflation rate over the medium term of "below but close to" 2%.
Here in the medium term, of course, Bitcoin is bubbling along nicely….
A document released by the Treasury said that while the outlay on student loans would be "more than financed" by the sale of the old student debts, there would be an "extra implied subsidy in the medium term" of around £700m a year.
We know productivity is the principal determinant over the medium term of greater prosperity, so an economic question at the heart of the debate over the U.K.'s future in Europe is whether walking away will improve productivity or worsen it.
Indeed, the government's zeal for large-scale projects is seemingly unaffected by the current fiscal pressures, possibly reflecting the medium-term nature of some of the schemes.
