Arhive etichete: debt limit

NY Times: On All Levels of the Economy, Concern About the Impasse

prin pe 27 iulie 2011 în Economie globala


Economists and analysts are trying to gauge the costs to the economy and consumers if the United States loses its solid-gold credit rating — a move that appears more likely now that the standoff in Washington over government spending has calcified. Some economists say the effects of lowering the federal government’s credit rating to AA […]

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AP: House votes for huge deficit-cutting bill

prin pe 20 iulie 2011 în Economie globala, Externe


WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed legislation Tuesday night to cut federal spending by $6 trillion and require congressional approval of a constitutional balanced budget amendment in exchange for raising the federal debt ceiling and averting a threatened government default. The 234-190 vote marked the power of deeply conservative first-term Republicans, and […]

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