"There has been a further deterioration in the fiscal position of the country, " this person said.
Because the fiscal position and financial position of Thailand is fundamentally different from that of Mexico.
But their liabilities never endangered the fiscal position of the country as a whole.
Once the economy weakens, the government's fiscal position also weakens, a development that policy makers should anticipate.
He accused the chancellor of deploying "sleight of hand" in his presentation of the UK's fiscal position.
China's fiscal position is generally strong, and it's managed to avoid too much damage to its banking system.
China has ample room for a stimulus because it boasts the healthiest fiscal position of any big economy.
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Unlike the US, of course, even with this gloomy projection New Zealand is still in a strong fiscal position.
America's stimulus package is appropriate to its fiscal position and economic outlook.
The LOBO administration inherited a difficult fiscal position with off-budget debts accrued in previous administrations and government salaries nearly equivalent to tax collections.
An early abandonment of the approach could cause bond yields to rise sharply, unless there is an unexpectedly dramatic improvement in the fiscal position.
But once a country has achieved a reasonably sound long-term fiscal position, its government should regard that as an asset that can be drawn upon.
But trickery causes damage beyond simply obscuring the true fiscal position.
And, after stripping out the effects of the economic cycle (an inexact business, admittedly) the underlying fiscal position is roughly in balance, unlike in the early 1990s.
The fiscal position's vulnerability to a softening of international oil prices, combined with Mr Correa's weaker commitment to debt servicing, could cast doubt on the country's payments capacity.
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In a similar way, the rate of growth going forward will dominate the fiscal position of the federal government and the viability of Social Security and Medicare.
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True, that was mainly because of Asian demand for Canada's natural resources, as well as the strong fiscal position and well-regulated banking system Mr Harper inherited from the Liberals.
Or to put it another way, for all the UK government's pre-emptive austerity measures, on paper the fiscal position of the UK is worse than for Italy and for Spain.
For a number of Gulf States, North Africa presents a chance for a diversity of investment opportunities beyond the strong hydrocarbon efforts that have allowed the strong fiscal position they now hold.
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The other study takes a different approach, looking at the poor fiscal position of European nations and showing what would have happened if governments had imposed some sort of cap on government spending.
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Its strong fiscal position, receding inflation and expansionary policy measures should ensure a soft economic landing, but it needs to expedite its effort to diversify the source of growth and strengthen structural reforms for inclusive growth.
With a fiscal position little better than most of the Mediterranean countries' and a far larger banking system than in any other European economy, Britain with the euro would have been Ireland to the power of eight.
Among the risks that worry them are that his growth forecasts will undershoot again, which would further undermine the government's fiscal position at a time when it can ill afford either to cut spending or raise taxes further.
You can see a population share of oil and gas tax too, and that still looks grim, but neither of these figures tells us anything about the fiscal position at the heart of the political debate about Scottish independence.
But the study is also a reminder of something more basic: In considering the fiscal position, governments need to consider not just what will happen if the economy continues broadly on track, but also if it gets into trouble.
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The US will push China for greater currency flexibility which the Chinese will indicate they are doing, while the Chinese will push the US on the need to consolidate its fiscal position, which the US will indicate they are doing.
The study looks at this, and finds that quite a lot - 23% - of the debt overshoot in these ten countries was due to "an incomplete understanding of the country's underlying fiscal position on the eve of the crisis".
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To say that Scotland would face a more difficult fiscal position in the medium to long-term is not to say that an independent Scotland could not handle that, but to say that a serious debate is required about HOW it would handle it.
At a time when Britain's fiscal position, though deteriorating, is stronger than that of just about any other major economy, Mr Letwin is prepared to impose ferocious spending constraints in areas traditionally favoured by Conservative governments, such as the armed forces, the police, prisons and the roads.
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