On that basis Mr White thinks the Fed was right to pursue the first round of quantitative easing, since nominal GDP was falling, but wrong to pursue a second round with activity recovering.

有基于此，怀特认为联储在名义GDP下跌时实行第一轮量化宽松是正确的，但当金融活动开始复苏后开始第二轮量化宽松就是错误的了。

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The idea behind this, roughly similar to the Carney argument for a nominal GDP target, is that the only way to stimulate activity, in a deeply deflationary environment is to convince people and businesses that you really will spend whatever it takes to ensure that prices and nominal demand will be higher next year than they are today.

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On that basis Mr White thinks the Fed was right to pursue the first round of quantitative easing, since nominal GDP was falling, but wrong to pursue a second round with activity recovering.

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Second, individuals are given a nominal boost based on their Klout scores, which is a third-party measure of social-media activity.

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