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Definition fiscal cliff in British English

fiscal cliff noun

noun
1

the tax increases and spending cuts that will have to take place in the US at the end of 2012 when the Budget Control Act of 2011 comes into effect

Example

Even as Mr Obama and Mitt Romney made their last pitches to voters, the investors called on Congress to do a deal to avert the "fiscal cliff".

Definition fiscal cliff in British English