1. Much of the language used to describe monetary policy, such as steering the economy to a soft landing of a touch on the brakes , makes it sound like a precise science. Nothing could be further from the truth.

　　有很多用于描述货币政策的词汇，例如 轻踩刹车 以 操纵经济软着陆 ，使货币政策听起来像是一门精确的科学。没有什么比这更远离实际情况的了。

　　2. Economists have been particularly surprised by favorable inflation figures in Britain and the United States, since, conventional measures suggest that both economies, and especially Americas, have little productive slack.

　　经济学家们对英国和美国的有利的通货膨胀数据尤其感到惊讶，因为传 统的计量方法显示两国的经济，特别是美国的经济，几乎没有生产萧条的时候。