In contrast, PCI is a non-surgical procedure, with the occluded artery section widened through inflation of a balloon mounted onto a catheter (Fig. 2).
As income gaps widen and inflation takes its toll on the paltry incomes of big-city migrants, many workers are becoming increasingly bitter.
Markets seem to trust central banks to return inflation to target, and that trust itself helps keep it in line (though the dispersion in expected inflation rates seems to have widened lately).As inflation has become more anchored, its links with other economic indicators have weakened.
The government's actions will raise questions over how steadfast the bank can remain, although it fuelled concerns itself in November by widening its inflation-target range to between 2% and 4%.
One factor was the rise of inflation, which widened the gap between a company's book value on its balance sheet and its market value.
The federal-funds futures contract is also betting that the central bank will not be able to ease much further, despite Mr Greenspan's hints to the contrary.The gap between yields on Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) and normal Treasury bonds exposed to inflation risk has widened rapidly since it hit bottom on January 2nd, the day before the Fed started easing.
This year the bigger threat has been the widening jaws of inflation.
In conclusion, it provides a clear indictment of the government's response and a dire forecast: "The 'austerity' response to the widening deficits, rising inflation, falling rupee and worsening debt burden can "end India's growth story".
But Wen also presided over a widening wealth gap, inflation that detracted from per capita income gains, and increased domestic and international tensions, most notably with Japan.
In the context of cardiology, it relates either to the opening of a blocked or narrowed coronary artery by balloon inflation (widening the artery) or bypassing the blocked arterial area using a vein graft.
