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The "fiscal cliff" coming on Jan. 1, 2013 could mean a 30% drop in the stock market

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The fiscal cliff would put the US economy back into recession

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Moody's: There's a 15% chance the US goes off the fiscal cliff and wrecks the economy

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Never underestimate Wall Street's ability to overestimate Washington

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America, don't worry: there is a fiscal cliff, but Jamie Dimon and Lloyd Blankfein are ON IT

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