CBO Demands a Leap of Faith on the Fiscal Cliff

Last month, the Congressional Budget Office released a report warning that the “fiscal cliff” would cause a new recession. It came to the right conclusion for all the wrong reasons.

Reasons matter. A policy response crafted to satisfy the CBO’s analysis would hurt the economy…

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AQR Capital Management Professor of Finance

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Asset Pricing
Stock and Bond Markets
Liquidity Premiums
Stock Prices and Business Cycles
Effects of Monetary Policy