尽管债务上限协议(Debt-Limit Deal)已经达成,但许多人仍然对美国(USA)的债务水平感到震惊,不过,财政部长耶伦(Janet Yellen)并不这样看。 截至2022年底,公众持有的未偿债务为23.9万亿美元。用经济学家最喜欢的衡量标准,这相当于国内生产总值(GDP)的97%,大约是20年前的3倍,预计还会继续攀升。这是债务上限之争的核心...
Vote Looms for a Debt-Limit Deal; Framework Ties Cuts to Borrowing Authority
As predicted, the deal on the debt limit is being forged in the middle. My first clue that a deal had been reached was a Twitter friend’s Sunday morning tweet that “the Republicans folded like a cheap card table again and basically got steamrolled.” Then I saw reports that progressive...
The bipartisan deficit reduction deal reached by Congress in 2010 triggered a round of spending cuts that total $1 trillion over 9 years, half of which are slated to come out of the defense budget. The Budget Control Act, passed after the debt limit negotiations stalled, added an additional ...
The bipartisan budget deal reached byPresident Joe Bidenand House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., in exchange for raising the debt limit until January 2025 is set to move through Congress in the next few days – just in time to prevent the federal government from defaulting on its debt as...
" McCarthy said Tuesday. He called on President Biden to come to the table and negotiate. He's previously pointed to the spending deal reached by Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. But it is unclear whether an actual agreement with spending caps that still addresses the debt limit could ...
Technically, the U.S. defaulted on its debt in 1979, as Congressional talks to raise the debt limit reached a deadline. A deal was reached but the Treasury Department said it had “technical glitches” and was late in paying some of the bills after the deal was reached. But it was not...
If a deal isn't reached about the debt ceiling, the lives of Americans could be impacted, especially if you reply on Medicare or Social Security. DETROIT (FOX 2) - Economists have warned that failing to reach a deal regarding the debt ceiling could lead to a recession and have impacts on...
President Joe Biden urged Congress to pass the tentative debt limit deal he reached with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy remarks from the White House Sunday evening. “That agreement now goes to the United States House and to the Senate. I strongly urge both, both chambers to pass that agreemen...
deal set the debt limit in 2021 based on whatever the actual debt would be at that point; the limit was finalized at $31.4 trillion in December 2021.6In January 2023, having reached that limit, the Treasury announced a suspension of the statutory debt limit. It later estimated the government...