Still, fiscal experts view the last several years as a lost opportunity.

But fiscal experts in Washington say many other states may have to consider it.

But some fiscal experts, inside government and out, say those cuts are only the beginning.

Fiscal experts say negotiations with the teachers and the police are important to the city's financial health.

That, at least, is what many fiscal experts and other political analysts are asking.

Fiscal experts were divided on whether the proposal was a good idea.

But the far greater challenge, the fiscal experts say, is in the city's long-term budget problems.

Fiscal experts say the country will be hard pressed to pay its foreign debt this year.

Unless something is done, fiscal experts said, the district will be bankrupt by April.

Roberto needs a fiscal expert to help him balance his budget.

But fiscal experts also say budget concerns may overcome resistance in other states.

One fiscal expert said the figure could be as large as $300 million.

Fiscal experts say most states have done little to control health care costs because they have been waiting for a national plan.

Most fiscal experts recommend that states end their budget years with a 5 percent money surplus.

Once the change was made, however, city fiscal experts were surprised at the size of the remaining increase under the state formula.

Nothing the Governor could do would more dramatically benefit the city, in the view of many elected officials and fiscal experts.

He and other fiscal experts said the city must also practice restraint in booms.

Fiscal experts are just as divided on the subject.

But now, many legislators and fiscal experts say, the state might be forced to rewrite its tax system.

But fiscal experts said another round of painful cost-cutting was likely by spring.

Opinion remains divided about whether there should be a traditional Irish welcome for the foreign fiscal experts.

Fiscal experts said the move was not unexpected and reflected the levels at which the city's bonds had recently been trading.

But some fiscal experts have said the city could not sustain cuts of such magnitude and provide acceptable service.

The concept, called structural balance by fiscal experts, is deceptively simple.

The contract called for a total raise of 8.25 percent, which the fiscal experts applauded as modest.