Sentences with phrase «looming fiscal cliff»

A more probable plotline involves a scenario in which the annual debt numbers become so bad, and draw so much attention, that our looming fiscal cliff once again becomes a major political issue.

The dependence on local business is one reason small businesses continue to be optimistic about their future prospects, despite continued uncertainty about the national economy and the looming fiscal cliff.

A couple of months ago when you were coping with the looming fiscal cliff, you probably at least thought you would have some clarity when it was over.

Slower growth is being blamed on what the institute calls a «mirror - image effect» of the looming fiscal cliff on taxpayers» behavior, which drove collections upward 12 months ago.

2017 was a big year for education news in Los Angeles, drawing national attention to the most expensive school board race in U.S. history, the looming fiscal cliff exacerbated by declining enrollment, and a new state accountability system that has sparked sharp criticism from parent groups across the state and education advocates across the nation.

But the fed may be in no position to bail anyone else out with the looming fiscal cliff.

(MCT)-- Americans continued to shake off fears of the looming fiscal cliff, with a gauge of consumer confidence rising slightly this month to its highest level since early 2008.

The looming fiscal cliff threatened to let that policy expire and, with it, the hopes of many homeowners with underwater mortgages who weren't able to close a short sale before the end of the calendar year.

If the looming fiscal cliff is averted, the national home price forecast through Q1 2013 projects a 2.2 percent gain.

Respondents expressed some improvement in the status of their current finances; however, due potentially to the looming fiscal cliff, the share who expect their personal financial situation to get worse over the next 12 months rose 5 percentage points to 18 percent — the highest level since December 2011.

Threatening to temper confidence is the fear Congress will not act in time to avert the looming fiscal cliff.