The Congressional Budget Office has considered the effect on real GDP growth in 2013 under two alternative fiscal policies:
Under current law, the federal budget deficit will fall dramatically between 2012 and 2013 owing to scheduled increases in taxes and, to a lesser extent, scheduled reductions in spending—a development that some observers have referred to as a “fiscal cliff.
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