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December 13, 2012

United States
The U.S. Fiscal Cliff: Three Things to Know

CFR’s Peter Orszag highlights the potential opportunities and limitations of a fiscal cliff deal.

November 14, 2012

What Is the Fiscal Cliff?

Without timely action from Congress, the United States faces a drastic set of tax hikes and spending cuts at year’s end that could derail the nation’s fragile recovery and spill over into the global …

The dome of the U.S. Capitol is lit up in Washington, DC (Brian Snyder/Reuters).

August 1, 2012

What is the Fiscal Cliff?

Without timely action from Congress, the United States is set to undergo a drastic set of tax hikes and spending cuts at year's end that could derail the nation's fragile economic recovery. The budge…

Cragged bluffs rise from the sea. (Courtesy Darren Harmon).

December 12, 2012

Budget, Debt, and Deficits
The Fed and the Fiscal Cliff

One interesting footnote to the Fed’s decision today to introduce quantitative thresholds--that it expects to keep rates low at least as long as unemployment exceeds 6.5%, their inflation forecast do…

November 6, 2012

United States
Confronting the Fiscal Cliff

Policymakers must act swiftly post-election to approve a viable fiscal plan or trigger market volatility and severe damage to the U.S. economy, writes CFR’s Robert Kahn.