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What markets can hope for with the fiscal cliff deadline
Jeff Horwich Dec 27, 2012
For weeks now the major indexes have jumped on days when a fiscal cliff deal seemed possible. What might investors realistically hope for at this point as the deadline draws near?
How Americans feel about the fiscal cliff
Frank Newport Dec 27, 2012
The President is back in Washington today to deal with the Fiscal Cliff. A long-term deal is unlikely at this late date. Now the hope is lawmakers can find a stopgap solution to prevent higher taxes and big spending cuts.
The history of the debt ceiling
David Gura Dec 31, 2012
History reveals a controversial task for the debt limit that goes all the way back to World War I.
Starbucks wants Congress to 'come together' on fiscal cliff
Jeremy Hobson Dec 26, 2012
The company is asking its employees in the Washington, D.C., area to write the words 'come together' on people's coffee cups, apparently in reference to the fiscal cliff talks.
Economic signals mixed as year comes to a close
Mark Garrison Dec 24, 2012
Fiscal cliff negotiations continue to worry markets, but end of the year holiday sales are bringing some cheer to the economy.
A look ahead at Washington's 2013 agenda
David Gura Dec 24, 2012
Fiscal cliff negotiations will likely dominate the conversation in the weeks ahead, but what economic issues will Washington be talking about the rest of 2013?
Congress contemplates temporary fix to avoid fiscal cliff
Dan Gorenstein Dec 24, 2012
President Obama and lawmakers have left Washington for Christmas. But with no fiscal cliff deal in sight, Congress may end up with a working holiday.
After Plan B, what's next for the fiscal cliff
Sarah Gardner Dec 21, 2012
The Weekly Wrap talks about what can happen now that Speaker John Boehner's Plan B has failed.
What happens when the poor fall over the fiscal cliff?
Shereen Marisol Meraji Dec 21, 2012
If the government fails to agree on a budget, what, if anything, can poor people do to weather the automatic spending cuts that will kick in after the nation plunges off the fiscal cliff?
Time for Plan C? Fiscal cliff solution stalls
Jeremy Hobson Dec 21, 2012
It was called "Plan B" -- a way to avoid some of the tax increases that are part of the fiscal cliff without putting together a
broad bipartisan deal before the New Year.
