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Sun, 03 Mar 2013 18:59:23 GMT Thu, 23 May 2013 14:26:19 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/indepth/us-fiscal-cliff http://im.ft-static.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.png http://www.ft.com/indepth/us-fiscal-cliff http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/83670cd4-8417-11e2-96f2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Speaker rejects White House call for some tax increases to end impasse and questions whether some of Obama’s most dire warnings exaggerated Sun, 03 Mar 2013 18:59:23 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/83670cd4-8417-11e2-96f2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 83670cd4-8417-11e2-96f2-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b21d3500-8299-11e2-a3e3-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct President says the US economy and many middle-class Americans would suffer some damage, though he said the cuts would not necessarily be catastrophic Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:50:41 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b21d3500-8299-11e2-a3e3-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct b21d3500-8299-11e2-a3e3-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f83fbaa6-8291-11e2-8404-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct How Washington has drifted into sequestration is a symbol of the near-total breakdown in relations between President Barack Obama and the Republican leadership Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:10:30 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f83fbaa6-8291-11e2-8404-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct f83fbaa6-8291-11e2-8404-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3745ae98-81bd-11e2-ae78-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The more likely scenario is that Republicans will opt to avoid a political fight over a government shutdown and try to simply reshuffle the $85bn in spending cuts this year Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:36:42 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3745ae98-81bd-11e2-ae78-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 3745ae98-81bd-11e2-ae78-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1b4c202c-81c8-11e2-ae78-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Sequestration, which will hit everything from housing vouchers to naval shipbuilding with $85bn in cuts for the rest of this year, threatens growth Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:24:58 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1b4c202c-81c8-11e2-ae78-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 1b4c202c-81c8-11e2-ae78-00144feabdc0 http://blogs.ft.com/the-a-list/2013/02/27/obama-has-always-planned-to-slash-spending/?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The president has never suggested more robust tax revenues to fund a higher sustained level of public investments and services, writes Jeffrey Sachs Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:54:18 GMT http://blogs.ft.com/the-a-list/2013/02/27/obama-has-always-planned-to-slash-spending/?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 4af9d4e6-80f5-11e2-9908-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1f71229a-80da-11e2-9c5b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Looming government cuts bring fears for consumer spending and job losses, but the US capital is the region most able to withstand such a shock Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:10:03 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1f71229a-80da-11e2-9c5b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 1f71229a-80da-11e2-9c5b-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a503d9ea-803d-11e2-96ba-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Cuts to the US department of agriculture’s budget could halt production, causing the first widespread shortage of meat, poultry and eggs in decades Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:36:57 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a503d9ea-803d-11e2-96ba-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct a503d9ea-803d-11e2-96ba-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/25834b6e-8101-11e2-9fae-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Barack Obama will meet with John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid at the White House on the day sequestration takes effect Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:54:17 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/25834b6e-8101-11e2-9fae-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 25834b6e-8101-11e2-9fae-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1b1a4c84-7ffa-11e2-af49-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct If the White House and Republicans cannot agree on how to fund $1.2tn in deficit reduction, the fallout will be dire. By Richard McGregor and James Politi Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:42:26 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1b1a4c84-7ffa-11e2-af49-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 1b1a4c84-7ffa-11e2-af49-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/63ca955a-8046-11e2-aed5-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Visiting a Newport News shipyard, president says 90,000 Virginians who work in defence might be forced to take time off without pay Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:47:09 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/63ca955a-8046-11e2-aed5-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 63ca955a-8046-11e2-aed5-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/240a44ae-805c-11e2-aed5-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Dave Camp, chairman of the main tax-writing committee in the House of Representatives, pledged to press ahead with proposals to reform the US tax code Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:55:14 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/240a44ae-805c-11e2-aed5-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 240a44ae-805c-11e2-aed5-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/55d57596-805f-11e2-aed5-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct US authorities release hundreds of illegal immigrants from detention in preparation for budget cuts, drawing anger from Republican lawmakers Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:29:43 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/55d57596-805f-11e2-aed5-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 55d57596-805f-11e2-aed5-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/087e1d12-7f73-11e2-8d96-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Economists have estimated that sequestration would cut growth by 0.3 to 0.6 percentage points in 2013, if fully implemented Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:22:29 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/087e1d12-7f73-11e2-8d96-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 087e1d12-7f73-11e2-8d96-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/346868d8-7ea6-11e2-a792-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Under budget sequestration, about 3.8m Americans who have been unemployed for more than six months could lose a little less than $30 per week Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:05:45 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/346868d8-7ea6-11e2-a792-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 346868d8-7ea6-11e2-a792-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/203bceec-7eae-11e2-a792-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The cuts threaten to undermine the fragile economic recovery at the start of Mr Obama’s second term and his ability to pursue other reforms Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:09:18 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/203bceec-7eae-11e2-a792-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 203bceec-7eae-11e2-a792-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b1bc2634-7c72-11e2-91d2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Business groups are less worried about the looming budget sequestration than about the fiscal cliff, judging the impact to be less severe Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:37:04 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b1bc2634-7c72-11e2-91d2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct b1bc2634-7c72-11e2-91d2-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/295045ac-7abd-11e2-9c88-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The indiscriminate cuts of the looming sequestration have the logic of invading Iraq when the attack came from Afghanistan, says Roger Altman Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:48:30 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/295045ac-7abd-11e2-9c88-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 295045ac-7abd-11e2-9c88-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d37826de-7ab9-11e2-915b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct President issues warning over $1.2tn in automatic spending cuts as co-chairs of the bipartisan debt commission present plan to avert automatic sequester Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:54:56 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d37826de-7ab9-11e2-915b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct d37826de-7ab9-11e2-915b-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8be04e96-7a91-11e2-9cc2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Bipartisan duo of Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles are spearheading calls for $2.4tn in further spending cuts and tax increases over the next 10 years Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:38:59 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8be04e96-7a91-11e2-9cc2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 8be04e96-7a91-11e2-9cc2-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3be91d90-76f5-11e2-b925-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Both Republicans and Democrats are adamant they want to avoid this buts, but the bill, is unlikely to help bridge the partisan gap Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:01:28 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3be91d90-76f5-11e2-b925-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 3be91d90-76f5-11e2-b925-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c9fb0a1e-713a-11e2-9b5c-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct While medium-term fiscal restraint is necessary, a broader, growth-centred agenda is needed to propel the economy, writes Lawrence Summers Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:12:12 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c9fb0a1e-713a-11e2-9b5c-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct c9fb0a1e-713a-11e2-9b5c-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e6d6e958-713c-11e2-9d5c-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct No one is sure how the effects of the cuts will play out, but experts predict a dire impact on US economic activity, with government workers likely to be hit Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:59:33 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e6d6e958-713c-11e2-9d5c-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct e6d6e958-713c-11e2-9d5c-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2993d1c4-7076-11e2-a2cf-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Split between president and business lobby over avoiding automatic spending cuts could cast a long shadow over the prospect for broad tax reform Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:25:38 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2993d1c4-7076-11e2-a2cf-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 2993d1c4-7076-11e2-a2cf-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9e6fc756-6fad-11e2-8785-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct An improvement in US fiscal position will continue through 2015, according to Congressional budget office, but a fight still looms over spending cuts Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:06:52 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9e6fc756-6fad-11e2-8785-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_us-fiscal-cliff%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 9e6fc756-6fad-11e2-8785-00144feab49a