Fiscal
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- Fiscal municipality in Huesca, Spain
- Several bird species in the Shrike family are known as fiscals, for example the Common Fiscal. The name comes from the Afrikaans word "fiskaal" meaning ‘public official, hangman’, because they hang their prey on thorns for storage.
The term fiscal refers to government debt, expenditures and revenues, or to finance (particularly financial revenue) in general.
- Fiscal deficit is the budget deficit of federal or local government
- Fiscal policy is the discretionary spending of governments. Contrasts with monetary policy.
- Fiscal year and fiscal quarter are reporting periods for firms and other agencies.
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