Fiscal Cliff
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Nightly Business Report Discusses the Fiscal Cliff
On Monday night, Nightly Business Report dedicated a full 25 minute video to discussing the fiscal cliff. The segment involved many different...
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New York Times: "Is the Deficit Urgent, or a Distraction?"
The New York Times' "Room for Debate" this week takes on our federal debt with a forum entitled " Is the Deficit Urgent, or a Distraction?" Writing in...
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Fitch: Fiscal Cliff Threatens Triple-A Rating
Fitch Ratings Managing Director David Riley appeared yesterday on Bloomberg Television, suggesting that the fiscal cliff could threaten the U.S.'s AAA...
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A Mutual Non-Aggression Pact for the Campaigns?
A recent editorial from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch argues for what they call a "mutual non-aggression pact on spending and deficits." In their view...
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CBO Projects a Recession -- But How Deep?
We've warned many times before that going off the fiscal cliff would throw the economy into a double dip recession. With CBO's updated budget and...
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Uncertainty Stemming From Our Political Problems
A few days ago, CNBC highlighted a client note by Goldman Sachs strategist David Kostin about the fiscal cliff. In short, he advises them to be wary...
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Crapo and Simpson Host Discussion on the Federal Debt
This afternoon Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Congressman Mike Simpson (R-ID) will join CRFB President Maya MacGuineas in a public discussion at the...
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Gregg and Rendell Urge Lawmakers to Fix the Debt
In an op-ed in POLITICO, Campaign to Fix the Debt co-chairs Judd Gregg and Ed Rendell introduce the Campaign and explain its purpose. They start off...
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Goldman Sachs On the Fiscal Cliff
In a new investor note, Alec Philips of Goldman Sachs produced a useful new chart comparing three different scenarios for extending all the fiscal...
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USA Today: Manner, Not Size, of Defense Sequester is the Concern
Lawmakers, policy experts, and affected industries are righly concerned about the sequester that will hit both defense and non-defense spending across...
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OMB Starting to Prepare for the Sequester
Over the past few days, the Office of Management and Budget is getting to work preparing for the sequester hitting on January 2 of next year. OMB so...
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Council on Foreign Relations Primes Readers on the Fiscal Cliff
The Council on Foreign Relations has joined in on those warning of the dangers of the fiscal cliff due to hit early January and unsustainable rising...