The nation's coffers are empty.

国库空虚。

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Now the public coffers are empty and deals must be done.

现在公共财政空虚，必须要重新算账了。

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As public faith in the universal benefits of markets and globalisation wobbles, and public coffers empty, such arguments pall.

由于公众都认为全球利益与市场行情﹑全球化波动和公库亏空相关，于是这些争论开始走偏。

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Mr Ecevit has little public support, and the public coffers are worryingly empty.

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The economy, for example, was headed for recession, and the government coffers were almost empty when Estrada came to power.

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But in the '70s, the talk was of crime and racial strife, of burning neighborhoods and empty municipal coffers.

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