The eleventh hour deal reached to avert the fiscal cliff in the U.S. merely masks the bleak long-term outlook for the country, Nouriel Roubini said in an opinion piece published in the Financial Times newspaper on Thursday.
The American economy will only be unleashed if we avoid the fiscal cliff, pare our deficit and rise above partisan politics. On this point, nearly every business leader and investor who appears on CNBC has been consistent: The status quo leads to economic stagnation or worse.
The "fiscal cliff" deal will help millions of Americans avoid paying the dreaded alternative minimum tax—while making it harder for many upper-middle class taxpayers to escape it, analysts say.
The new tax rates may not hold for long, but the wealthy have to feel as if they've dodged a bullet for now in the fiscal cliff deal.
Now that there's a "Cliff" deal, the housing market is on firmer ground today, and here's why.
This academic says the tax and spending package passed by the Senate and House provides little prospects of improvement.
"Fiscal cliff" garnered the most nominations for this year's "List of Words to be Banished from the Queen's English for Misuse," which has been put out every New Year's Eve since 1975. Second on the list was the phrase "kick the can down the road."
U.S. stocks are set to move higher short term on a temporary fix to the "fiscal cliff."
Markets are relieved that the U.S. Congress has approved a deal to avert a "fiscal cliff", but analysts warn that investors now face a rocky two months ahead as negotiations over the debt ceiling begin.
Republican and Democratic negotiators careened toward a mid-afternoon deadline, still uncertain they can come up with a deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff."
The 'fiscal cliff' negotiations are down to the wire, and these strategies have suggestions for how to take cover.
Democratic and Republican sources involved in negotiations reported some progress Friday toward a potential deal averting the "fiscal cliff" ahead of an afternoon summit at the White House between President Barack Obama and congressional leaders.
Stocks are increasingly vulnerable as the "fiscal cliff" deadline nears, but traders are still betting politicians will compromise on a deal to head it off, even if it's early in 2013.
If the life of an elderly wealthy family member extends into 2013, the tax bills will be substantially higher.
Fiscal cliff: Many "Plan C's" are floating around, but President Barack Obama outlined the only real deal that is on the table — raise taxes on the top two percent, and restore the Bush-era tax cuts for the rest.
With negotiations on a "fiscal cliff" deal at an impasse, Democrats and Republicans have turned toward sending political messages just before the Christmas holidays.
A deal may be good for the stocks, but the same can't be said for the dollar, according to this pro.
One in five of Americans earning less than $20,000 a year would see a tax hike of $1,070, since Boehner's bill would eliminate deductions for low earners.
Stocks will like churn in the near-term as market fundamentals take a backseat to the ongoing "fiscal cliff" negotiations in Washington.
Holiday shoppers know about the "fiscal cliff," but will it hurt their spending plans? CNBC's Jane Wells interviews shoppers at one mall to find out.
A majority of Americans wants a compromise to avoid the "cliff," and most back President Barack Obama's prescription for doing so, according to a new NBC News/WSJ poll.
Can some stocks can still thrive even if lawmakers can't find common ground and compromise to avoid the fiscal cliff?
The U.S. economy could grow at a 4 percent rate and monthly jobs creation could get above 200,000 if Washington politicians can "grasp a rational fiscal policy" and avoid the "fiscal cliff," JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said.
The fight over revenue has largely focused on income taxes for the rich. But a dispute over "the other rich tax" looms in Washington.
The head of one of France's biggest companies has warned that France's problems dwarf those of the U.S.
Jobless claims Thursday should show a decline from recent elevated levels, but Friday's report could show the full brunt of Super Storm Sandy's impact.
The race to beat the "dividend cliff" is on – and it's generating some big pay-days for CEOs and company founders. Special dividends will total more than $22 billion this quarter.
The U.S. millionaire population will fall by 315,000 if the fiscal cliff is not averted.
Millions more Americans could be subject to the AMT this year if Congress fails to reach a deal on the "fiscal cliff," including those making as little as $33,750 a year and joint filers making $45,000.
Companies are racing the clock to hand out billions before year end—and some of them are taking on debt to do it.
As the prospect of the U.S. economy falling off a "fiscal cliff" looms large, keeping stock markets on edge, one technical analyst says falling off the "cliff" is likely to end up being a non-event for equities.
Lloyd Blankfein pointed to the uncertainty in the nation's capital as a major drag on the world economy.
Even the most bland comment from a key player in the “fiscal cliff” negotiations has the power to drive markets.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has represented the San Francisco area for a quarter century. What do her constituents think about the "fiscal cliff?"
Futures turned slightly lower Thursday, despite a better-than-expected jobless claims report, as worries over the "fiscal cliff" lingered.