US budget deal delays, rather than delivers

Fiscal cliff compromise sets scene for further showdown

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The last minute fiscal cliff deal averted disaster but set up a further debt ceiling showdown, explains Hannah Brenton.

In a white knuckle showdown last week the US House of Representatives passed a bill to avert the so-called ‘fiscal cliff', preventing massive tax hikes and delaying spending cuts which could have p...

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