The Congressional Budget Office and the Federal Reserve predict that going over the fiscal cliff would cause a recession in 2013, with Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke recently saying that the Fed would be unable to offset the adverse effect on the economy. He could have said the same thing about the fiscal drag that would be created by Obama’s budget proposal.
国会预算办公室和美联储预计跌下财政悬崖将在2013年导致衰退，美联储伯南克最近宣称，美联储无法冲销经济所受到的消极效应。对于奥巴马的预算方案所造成的财政拖累，伯南克也许也会这样说。