fiscal

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(DARE), said the gap between the exports and imports this fiscal will be as high as Rs 1,300 crore.

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  1. adjective Of or relating to government expenditures, revenues, and debt: a fiscal policy of incurring budget deficits to stimulate a weak economy.
  2. adjective Of or relating to finance or finances.

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  • "While global leaders, be it France's Nicolas Sarkozy, China's Hu Jintao or even Germany's Angela Merkel have strong views on the two most critical issues -- fiscal stimulus and financial markets 'regulation -- India's position so far suggests that it will be happy with just about a nicely worded G-20 communiqué tomorrow," P. Vaidyanathan Iyer of Indian Express wrote. —  CNN.com
  • We are resolved to ensure long-term fiscal sustainability and price stability and will put in place credible exit strategies from the measures that need to be taken now to support the financial sector and restore global demand. —  open Democracy News Analysis - Comments
  • He is a 16-year veteran of the Senate and ranking member of its budget committee and is known as a fiscal conservative from a state with a noted aversion to government spending and taxes. —  The Swamp
  • "We're going to have to take into account a whole host of factors that can increase our savings rate and start dealing with our long-term fiscal position as well as our current account deficits." —  CTV News RSS Feed
  • We are confident that the actions we have agreed today, and our unshakeable commitment to work together to restore growth and jobs, while preserving long-term fiscal sustainability, will accelerate the return to trend growth. —  CFR.org -
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. French, from Latin fiscālis, from fiscus, money basket, treasury.

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  1. = Dutch fiskaal = Danish Swedish fiskal, from French fiscal = Provencal Spanish Portuguese fiscal = Italian fiscale, from Late Latin fiscalis, of or belonging to the state treasury, from fiscus, the state treasury: see fisc.
 

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