If there is debate about the details, it is remarkable how unanimous economists now are that fiscal policy needs to be used actively to boost aggregate demand.

如果关于具体的细节上有争议，那么经济学家们现在都惊人一致地认为财政政策必须积极地用来刺激总需求。

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But creating inflation is easier said than done: it requires boosting aggregate demand enough to consume existing economic slack, through either monetary or fiscal policy.

但是制造通货膨胀说起容易做起来难- - -它需要货币抑或是财政政策来拉动足以消化现存闲置生产的总需求。

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There is only one kind of fiscal policy that can hope to bring about desired changes in aggregate demand.

只有一种财政政策可以带来总需求的理想变化。

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"An uncertain economic outlook, and the inadequacy of policy to counter this, has weakened aggregate demand, holding back investment and hiring, " ILO director general Guy Ryder said.

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Under fixed exchange rates, governments should tighten fiscal policy when money floods in, in order to dampen aggregate demand.

ECONOMIST: Exchange rates

They assign less importance to the gap between aggregate demand and supply in determining inflation, and more importance to the stance of monetary policy.

ECONOMIST: Ignore the hawkish rhetoric. The Fed isn��t about to tighten