Britain has a bigger structural budget deficit than Italy, but much less debt (43% of GDP versus 105%).

英国的结构性赤字比意大利多，但其债务比率却小得多(分别占GDP的43%和105%)。

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Before the crisis Spain's structural budget deficit was well within allowable limits and its debt levels were falling.

在危机之前，西班牙的结构性预算赤字一直在允许的范围之内并且债务水平一直在下降。

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America's structural budget deficit will soon be bigger than that of any other OECD member, and the country badly needs a plan to deal with it.

美国的结构预算赤字将很快会超过任何经合组织的其他成员，美国急需一个应对计划。

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It was gloomier than the Darling Treasury had been about the size of Britain's structural budget deficit.

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The government wants to wipe out the structural budget deficit by 2015, but analysts say this is unlikely.

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That is a larger structural budget hole than any of the troubled eurozone economies, including Portugal and Greece.

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