# Prof. Nouriel Roubini on US fiscal policy

1 Faculty News April 17, 2013 ![Bloomberg logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/bloomberg192x144.jpg?itok=yV529lwz)>

Excerpt from [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-17/roubini-says-u-s-fiscal-policy-path-opposite-of-optimal.html) -- “'The U.S. right now is doing the opposite of the optimal, because we have no medium-term plan for fiscal consolidation' due to political gridlock, 'and we don’t have actual short-term stimulus,' [Roubini](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/nouriel-roubini) said."

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