Much of the language used to describe monetary policy, such as "steering the economy to a soft landing" or "a touch on the brakes", makes it sound like a precise science.

有很多用于描述货币政策的词汇，例如“引导经济软着陆”，“触动经济刹车”，使货币政策听起来像是一门精确的科学。

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This is made clear in perhaps the most egregious chapter in the episode which demonstrates the lack of respect for sound monetary policy, property rights and contract certainty and even less concern about it from the political and financial media establishment.

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But the way you keep the dollar sound is by maintaining a steady monetary policy, not by trying to manipulate the economy itself.

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The president pointed to the hopeful economic signs of low inflation, sound monetary policy, low interest rates and increasing productivity.

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