balancing government budget

基本解释

Balancing subsidy: A subsidy given by the central government to help Balance the Budget of a local authority.
第二十六条中央预算和地方各级政府预算按照复式预算编制。
See article And the German government talked of spending cuts and tax rises to reach its target of balancing the budget by 2015.
此前，德国政府也提及要通过缩减支出和提高税收等措施，在2015年前达到收支平衡的财政目标。
As more of those contingent liabilities become due, the agencies will be forced to make further decisions that could raise the cost of government debt and make budget-balancing even harder.
由于更多的或有负债到期，评级机构将不得不做出更进一步的决定，这会提高政府债务的成本以及使预算平衡更为困难。

That means they cannot borrow any more money for a minimum of a few years (Argentina seemed to be able to come back fairly quickly after default), but it would go a long way toward balancing the government budget.
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