Debt-ceiling crisis looms as Treasury warns of urgent need for resolution.
TL;DR
The debt-ceiling standoff in the US might only be resolved if there is a market mishap, such as a stock-market meltdown, that forces financial market vigilantes to make themselves heard. The standoff threatens to trigger a previously unthinkable default on US government debt.
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- Debt ceiling negotiations become urgent as Treasury says the U.S. could hit limit in weeks PBS NewsHour
- The U.S. Treasury Secretary issues an urgent warning KITV
- Letter to the Editor: The debt ceiling Plumas County Newspapers
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