He views the federal deficit as a moral issue as well as an economic one, because "the day of reckoning" for the excesses of the present generation is being deferred to the future.

他认为联邦赤字既是道德问题，也是经济问题，因为当代的无节制将殃及后代。

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The Council's annual report provides an analysis of the previous year's economic performance and a reckoning of what's to come.

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Third, like the ITV Digital palaver in the UK, Kirch's troubles represent the final reckoning for the economic exuberance of the 1990s.

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At some point, there has to be a reckoning of these expectations with underlying economic reality.

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