在去年十一月召开的中央经济工作会议上，决定今年要实行稳健的财政政策和货币政策，这标志着实施已近7年的积极财政政策调整了取向。对于“稳健的财政政策和货币政策”的英译，许多媒体都是用prudent fiscal and monetary policies 来表达的：来源：考试大
1. A high-level meeting of the Community Party of China (CPC) held Wednesday set the tone for China's economic policy next year, declaring that China will exercise prudent fiscal and monetary policies in 2005. 来源：考试大
2. The policy shift from 'proactive to prudent' fiscal and monetary policies was made 'to conform with changes in China's macro-economic situation and consolidate the achievements of macro-control,'
3. China's proactive fiscal policy, in place since 1998, has resulted in seven years of world-stunning economic growth. A prudent policy is the logical choice to curb overheating of the economy, maintain steady development and improve the efficiency of the economy.
4. China has begun to shift to a prudent financial policy for economic development after having adopted a proactive fiscal policy for securing sustainable growth during the past seven years.
5. In line with the prudent policy, the Chinese government will cut budget deficit and public investment, reform expenditure structure and push financial reform while carrying out macro-control measures, he said. 来源：考试大
但是，prudent（谨慎）有消极保守的意思：Definition of PRUDENT: careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment; "a prudent manager"; "prudent rulers"; "prudent hesitation"; "more prudent to hide than to fight"来源：考试大
1. US prudent policy about climate change：（谨慎且消极的态度）The US Administration has come under criticism within many European countries and within the American community of environmentalists for adopting what is considered to be too relaxed a view toward the question of global climate change, more particularly toward the prospect of a substantial warming of the surface of the earth sometime during the next century. 来源：考试大
2. Prudent fiscal policy spells economic recovery （带动经济的复苏）
“谨慎的财政政策”的说法在国外也能找到依据。例如，“谨慎的财政政策是新加坡经济管理的重要特征。虽然有更大的开支压力和较紧的预算，但我们必须保持这个谨慎的财政政策。” 来源：考试大
那么，稳健的财政政策是什么呢？财政部长金人庆支出：“实行稳健的财政政策（也就是经济学讲的中性财政政策），主要是要服从服务于改革发展大局，服从服务于中央宏观调控大局，宏观上既要防止通货膨胀的苗头继续扩大，又要防止通货紧缩的趋势重新出现；既要坚决控制投资需求膨胀，又要努力扩大消费需求；既要对投资过热的行业从紧，又要着力支持经济社会发展中的薄弱环节。政策核心是松紧适度，着力协调，放眼长远。具体说来，要注重把握'控制赤字、调整结构、推进改革、增收节支'十六个字。”