The "Fiscal Cliff" Macroeconomic Consequences of Tax Increases and Spending Cuts

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Government Division

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Budget--United States.

Budget.

Debts, Public.

Expenditures, Public.

Tax incentives.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2012

Summary:

Discusses issues relating to "fiscal cliff," which refers to tax increases and spending cuts that would substantially reduce the deficit in 2013. Summarizes size and composition of the fiscal cliff, and provides information on revisions in H.R. 8, the American Taxpayer Relief Act, which would eliminate a number of provisions of the fiscal cliff, primarily by extending most expiring tax cuts. Reviews aggregate economic and differential effects of components of the fiscal cliff, and considers economic effect of the fiscal cliff as altered by H.R. 8 as well as implications for policy choices. Includes tables

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Government Division. "Fiscal Cliff"

Publisher Number:

CRS-2013-GVF-0008

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