The first crucial decision he had to make was his goal for the public finances: his “fiscal mandate”.

他必须做的第一个重要决定有关公共财政目标，即“财政命令”。

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You can look at the release frequency, although that may be governed by a nontechnical mandate (something along the lines of, "We'll do a release only after the end of the fiscal year").

您可以查看释出频率(release frequency)，尽管这可能受非技术性的强制规定控制(有时可能只是出于“我们要在本财政年度末做一个发布”的理由)。

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If a fiscal squeeze is on its way the Tories will want to win a mandate for it.

若财政缩紧政策正常上轨，那么托利党希望能够赢得财政管理权。

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Calls for the party to argue for growth measures outside the Treasury's "fiscal mandate" was overwhelmingly defeated in a vote following a conference debate.

BBC: UK Politics

The fiscal mandate Mr Osborne set himself in June 2010 stated that he had to get rid of the deficit on that measure in the space of five years.

BBC: Autumn Statement: A wintry statement of reality

Or, you could criticise Mr Osborne for being too flexible, for allowing past borrowing targets to be missed and appealing, in Gordon Brown fashion, to the fiscal mandate's fine print.

BBC: Mr Osborne's unwelcome statement