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Friday, November 9, 2012

Obama May Levy Carbon Tax to Cut U.S. Deficit, HSBC Says

Obama May Levy Carbon Tax to Cut U.S. Deficit, HSBC Sayshttp://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-07/obama-may-levy-carbon-tax-to-cut-the-u-s-deficit-hsbc-says.html

 

 


A tax starting at $20 a metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent and rising at about 6 percent a year could raise $154 billion by 2021, Nick Robins, an analyst at the bank in London, said today in an e-mailed research note, citing Congressional Research Service estimates. “Applied to the Congressional Budget Office’s 2012 baseline, this would halve the fiscal deficit by 2022,” Robins said.
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