Recent US economic indicators have been a mixed bag, with the housing market andconsumer sentiment improving, but the failure so far of the country‘s politicians to reachagreement on averting the so-called ?fiscal cliff‘ of automatic tax increases and spending cutsis weighing on business decisions. On the assumption that a deal is eventually reached, theIMF sees real GDP growth in the US of 2.1% in 2013, from 2.2% in 2012, rising to 3.3% by2017.
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