It is critical for the policy maker who is in charge of formulating appropriate macroeconomic policies to estimate potential output and output gap accurately.

准确估计潜在产出、计算产出缺口对于政策制定者制定恰当的宏观经济政策是至关重要的。

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In other words, when actual output falls, it can drag potential output down with it-the main reason why Mr Williams and Mr Weidner believe that the gap is smaller than the CBO's estimates.

换言之，当实际产出下降，潜在产出也可能随之下降，这也是为什么Williams和Weidner认为产出缺口小于CBO预测数据的主要原因。

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Specially as is pointed, the output gap (the difference of actual output and potential output) has already become a very important a signal of the policy.

特别要指出的是，产出缺口(实际产出和潜在产出的差额)已经成为一个很重要的政策指标。

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Yet Bernanke seems to possess some Keynesian baggage, using such nomenclature as "aggregate demand, " "core inflation, " "potential output" and "output gap, " as though the economy were made up of interchangeable parts.

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Earlier this year, staff at the Federal Reserve also marked down their estimate of the country's potential GDP and the output gap in response to the surprisingly steep drop in unemployment.

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In any case, so long as growth is below long-term trend, the gap between actual and potential output will continue to grow, easing inflationary pressure.

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