"prudent response" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to a wise, careful, and thoughtful reaction to a situation or problem. Example: In the face of economic uncertainty, a prudent response would be for companies to reduce their spending and increase their savings.
Elsewhere, however, the more prudent response to runaway salaries at the top is to raise marginal tax rates on the highest earners, irrespective of occupation.
But the announcement seemed like a prudent response to pressure from Saudi Arabia, and in particular the United Arab Emirates (UAE), for a crackdown on the Brotherhood.
South Korea deserves credit for its prudent response to the late March sinking of the Cheonan, which was sailing in disputed waters.
However, they also point out that the temptation to manipulate price is certainly present, and a prudent response from Sacramento would be to enact policies that will reduce that temptation as much as possible.
Despite that prudent response to relegation, the accounts are heavily qualified due to the uncertainty surrounding Yeung and the club's admission that it needs to raise more money "to continue its operations … through to December 2013".
(At No. 10, "The Dukan Diet" — it's been called Atkins with a French accent — starts out by eliminating all fruits and vegetables from the menu: a prudent response to the global epidemic of morbidly obese vegetarians).
What India sees as a prudent defensive response to China's naval build-up might easily be taken by Pakistan as aggressive.
"The trustees recognize that while this is very difficult for all shareholders, it is the appropriate and prudent business response given the extraordinary challenges of the current economic environment," the statement said.
In a phone interview, Attorney General William H. Sorrell of Vermont said "a prudent federal response to the problem of spent fuel storage might be different from one site to the next — that's what this is about".
I know the prudent answer.
South Korea only labeled the torpedoing a "military provocation" (how many dead sailors is an act of war?), and promised to be "very prudent in all response measures we take".
