By the end of 2010, many U.S. tax cuts (on incomes, capital gains, dividends, estates) will expire and will be partially reversed, and the likely introduction of cap-and-trade will represent an additional tax increase (however necessary to control greenhouse emissions). This incipient tax increase may lead to a slowdown of consumption and investment spending.
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