Voters opted by a whisker for Mr. Dayton, who had promised to balance the books in part by raising taxes on the richest 10% of Minnesotans.

选民们以微弱优势选择了戴顿先生。戴顿曾承诺提高10%的最富有的明尼苏达人的税收，从而在一定程度上实现收支平衡。

The collapse in imports is helping balance the books.

贸易进口的瘫痪帮助账面平衡。

By putting economics second, Mr Brown has made it harder to balance the books.

把经济状况放一边，布朗结账变得更难。

That leaves spending, and the remaining 5% of GDP needed to balance the books.

这就剩下约占GDP5 %的开支需要在预算中平衡。

That will almost certainly include raiding the reserves to help balance the books.

这当然也就包括侵吞国家储备金来结清各种帐目。