The phrase "austere fiscal" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a financial approach or policy that is strict, severe, or characterized by a lack of excess.
Example: "The government implemented an austere fiscal policy to address the growing national debt."
Alternatives: "strict financial" or "severe budgetary".
This conundrum is well-known elsewhere in the world; critics of the International Monetary Fund castigated its economists for insisting that Southeast Asia's crisis-ridden nations install austere fiscal policies in the late 1990's, slowing that region's economic recovery.
And to stop the debt growing, the loan is tied to the strict implementation of an austere fiscal policy, approved by Argentina's Congress last month, whose aim is to balance the budget.
Yesterday, Derek Barnett, president of the Police Superintendents Association off England and Wales, told the Telegraph that austere fiscal policy could cause "disaffection, social and industrial tensions".
Hollande's second way of strengthening French influence has been to retain the austere fiscal targets that he inherited, notably by limiting the budget deficit to 3 percent of G.D.P. in 2013.
It is even tempting to draw a parallel with the German government's austere fiscal policy.
Part of the problem is the austere fiscal context: left-wing ideas tend to cost money.
Without Ms. Campion's clout, it is hard to imagine the project would ever have gotten off the ground in the currently austere fiscal climate.
Let's hope Wednesday isn't the beginning of a long, gray, austere summer for England.
He shows in Paris, not London, but the influence of his austere 1980s-style sportswear is everywhere.
(The vertically divided images recall Matisse's austere 1914 "Window at Collioure" — and make you glad he left it unpopulated).
AFTER an economically austere winter, spring is a good time for a gastronomic splurge into the countryside.
