FISCAL CLIFF
A combination of expiring tax cuts and across-the-board government spending cuts scheduled to become effective Dec. 31, 2012. The idea behind it was that if the federal government allowed these two events to proceed as planned, they would have a detrimental effect on an already shaky economy, perhaps sending it back into an official recession as it cut household incomes, increased unemployment rates and undermined consumer and investor confidence. At the same time, it was predicted that going over the fiscal cliff would significantly reduce the federal budget deficit.
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| 07:00 | Leading Indicators | Sep | |
| 11:30 | Sentix Investor Confidence | Nov | |
| 01:30 | Westpac Consumer Sentiment | Nov | |
| 01:50 | Current Account | Sep | |
| 01:50 | Bank Lending | Oct | |
| 02:01 | BRC Retail Sales Monitor | Oct | |
| 02:30 | NAB Business Confidence | Oct | |
| 04:00 | Expected Annual Inflation 2y from now | 4 quarter | |
| 05:35 | 30-Year JGB Auction | Nov |


