Список проголосовавших за комментарий "The budget deal struck by the White House and Senate Republican leaders, if it becomes law, probably would slow the U.S. economic recovery without stopping it.<br/> The elimination of a 2 percent payroll tax cut, coupled with higher income taxes on the wealthy, will help reduce growth in the first quarter to 1 percent, from 3.1 percent in 2012’s third quarter, the latest data available, according to economists at JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Bank of America Corp. The expansion will strengthen later in the year as the housing market continues to rebound, they forecast.<br/> <br/> “It’s going to definitely present a headwind for the economy,” Michael Feroli, chief U.S. economist for JPMorgan Chase in New York, said of the fiscal pact that the Senate planned to vote on early today. “We’re looking for a downdraft in growth in the first half of the year, with the economy coming back in the second.”<br/> <br/> The first half slowdown will mean that the U.S. will make limited progress in reducing unemployment in 2013, according to projections by Ethan Harris, co-head of global economic research for Bank of America in New York. He sees the jobless rate falling to 7.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013 from 7.7 percent in November 2012.<br/> <br/> <a href="/r.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomberg.com%2Fnews%2F2013-01-01%2Fsenate-budget-pact-would-crimp-not-crush-u-s-growth.html&s=3717881571" target="_blank">www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-01/senate-budget-pact-would-crimp-not-crush-u-s-growth.html</a>"