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Why We Build Fiscal Cliffs

Harvard Business Review

Other countries sometimes have actual fiscal crises, when investors around the world (not to mention most locals) lose confidence in their government bonds and/or their currency. The interest rate on 10-year Treasuries is a mere 1.58%, the lowest in more than 50 years. credit rating but no observable increase in interest rates.