
Playing chicken with the debt ceiling
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The US Debt Ceiling and the Global Economy
Ella Hei-Zadi: The debt ceiling is the limit on how much money the US government can borrow to pay its bills. She says if Congress does not raise or suspend that roughly $31 trillion, the United States government is going to default. And she explains why this deadline was moved up in time because of lower tax receipts.
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