However, Geithner said uncertainty over the fiscal cliff negotiations and possible changes to the deficit situation made it difficult to predict precisely how long the government's steps to ease the situation would last.

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We did, and while you can't predict the future I think that seven months from now we're going to see a very different situation.

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