The reason: Fixed interest expenses are absorbing a bigger and bigger share of state budgets, leaving a shrinking portion for everything else.

理由是，固定利率支出在州预算中的占比日益扩大，势必挤压其他支出占比。

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For best results, these budgets should be based on the lines of authority and responsibility fixed by the organization chart.

为了更加有效，这些部门预算应该在由组织结构图所划分的责权利的基础上予以编制。

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"And we all understand that there are fixed household budgets and also given the fact that generally prices of essential food commodities have taken a major increase."

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The cuts are being considered as a result of the government's Comprehensive Spending Review which fixed spending budgets for each government department up to 2014-15.

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Each initiative has a director and small staff, but individual budgets are not fixed and may vary widely.

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Smarting from criticism that it had turned a blind eye to loose budgets and an unsustainable fixed exchange rate, the Fund's staff were determined not to conclude yet another weak deal.

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