The fiscal cost of this episode is unclear.

这段插曲的财政代价尚不明朗。

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the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) set out the fiscal cost of an ageing population.

预算责任办公室(OBR)开始了针对老龄化人口的国库开支。

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Under current rules, Brazil's minimum wage will rise by 7.5% in real terms next year—at huge fiscal cost, since pension payments are linked to the minimum wage.

在现在的制度下，巴西最低工资将在明年上升7.5%，因为退休金支出和最低工资是相联系的，所以这会导致巨大财政花费。

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Cutting estate or inheritance tax seems to offer a big electoral hit at small fiscal cost.

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The fiscal cost of abolishing death duties may seem trifling, but it still means that for a given level of public spending other taxes must rise, which may harm incentives more.

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More centrist Democrats share the goal of universal coverage, but have gravitated toward a regulate-mandate-subsidize model because it has a lower explicit fiscal cost and keeps much of the insurance market in private hands.

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