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ajustement budgétaire brutal de 10 points du PIB

English translation: dramatic budget cuts equivalent to 10% of GDP


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French term or phrase:ajustement budgétaire brutal de 10 points du PIB
English translation:dramatic budget cuts equivalent to 10% of GDP
Entered by: veratek
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11:32 Mar 7, 2011
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Bus/Financial - Economics
French term or phrase: ajustement budgétaire brutal de 10 points du PIB
talking about sovereign debts:

même avec un ajustement budgétaire brutal de 10 points du PIB, la dette atteindra Y% du PIB in the year 20XX- so resctructuring is needed.
veratek
France
Local time: 02:36
dramatic budget cuts equivalent to 10% of GDP
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Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
Local time: 02:36
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4 +4dramatic budget cuts equivalent to 10% of GDP
Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
4great budget adjustments of about 10% of GDP
Zbynek Taborsky


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
dramatic budget cuts equivalent to 10% of GDP


Explanation:
My suggestion.

Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
Local time: 02:36
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  kashew: But maybe severe is better than dramatic// there's "swathing" too which is getting closer to your dramatic.
27 mins
  -> Both can work. The asker should choose the adjective which suits best her text as a whole. Thx.
agree  philgoddard: Maybe drastic would be better.
3 hrs
agree  cc in nyc: IMO all the adjectives so far work
4 hrs
agree  joehlindsay: or just brutal, brutal is common in (US) English as well as French.
1 day8 hrs
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
great budget adjustments of about 10% of GDP


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Zbynek Taborsky
Czech Republic
Local time: 02:36
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