But revenues repeatedly fell short of forecasts, so the public sector swung into a big deficit in the fiscal year to March 2002 and has stayed there ever since.

但是反复性收支预期不足导致到2002年为止财政年度公共支出产生巨大赤字，并持续保持这个水平。

youdao

The main relief for the middle class is that many of its members have jobs in the public sector, which can resort to deficit spending.

对他们来说，可以松一口气的是，该阶层的人多在公共部门供职，实在不行寅吃卯粮也行。

youdao

Generous public-sector pensions strike many as a good place to start closing the yawning budget deficit.

打击慷慨的公共部门养老金是一个非常好的着力点以开始缩减日益扩大的预算赤字。

youdao

If the OBR is any guide, it suggests Scotland's public sector deficit is going to look healthy for 2011-12.

BBC: Osborne viewed from Scotland

Our Chancellor of the Exchequer, who in December will resist pressure to loosen constraints on public spending (the so-called "spending envelope" will not be increased, which means that any increase in public-sector investment will be financed by cuts elsewhere), is alarmed that backstop measures to reduce America's public sector deficit are draconian - and, if implemented, would force the US (and probably Britain) back into recession.

BBC: Does US election matter to us?

But the public-sector deficit has remained high and debt is rising, partly to finance a still unreformed public-pensions system.

ECONOMIST: Colombia's presidential election