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Will temporarily raising the debt ceiling help boost markets?

Interview by
Mark Garrison
Jan 21, 2013
Julia Coronado, chief economist at BNP Paribas, discusses the debt ceiling delay proposed by House Republicans and its impact on the markets.
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Choose your own debt ceiling adventure

Interview by
Kai Ryssdal
Jan 17, 2013
The known-knowns and the known-unknowns of the debt ceiling debate. And, a handy flow chart.
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Another day, another debt limit debate

Interview by
Kai Ryssdal
Jan 16, 2013
If this is Wednesday, there must be news of the debt limit. And in fact -- there is. Democratic Rep. Jerrold Nadler (N.Y.) introduced a measure that would get rid of the debt ceiling altogether.
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Forget the trillion dollar coin: Try the IOU

Interview by
Kai Ryssdal
Jan 10, 2013
USC professor Edward Kleinbard suggests IOUs are the best way to fix the debt ceiling.
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Minting, not printing, dollars to ease debt

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Mark Garrison
Jan 4, 2013
A trillion dollar coin? It’s legal for the Treasury to mint and it could resolve the debt ceiling debate. But don’t bet your paper money on it.
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Should we worry about U.S. debt?

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Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Dec 27, 2012
Raising the debt ceiling used to be routine. Is now really different than before?
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The history of the debt ceiling

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David Gura
Dec 26, 2012
History reveals a controversial task for the debt limit that goes all the way back to World War I.
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President Obama signed the debt deal -- but that can't fix the economy

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Aug 3, 2011
Deep spending cuts could hamper economic growth, and some analysts say the debt deal may actually spook investors, rather than reassure them
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Past the debt crisis -- what now?

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Aug 2, 2011
The debt limit crisis may be over for now, but where does that leave the U.S. economy? Can Wall Street have confidence in U.S. credit again, and are we in a double-dip recession?
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Where's the debt ceiling after-party?

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Aug 2, 2011
Analyst Juli Niemann explains that the U.S. Congress says it made tough choices -- without actually having made all those tough choices.

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A long tradition of raising the U.S. debt ceiling in July, 2011 led to one of the most heated battles in Congress over the nation's budget. Follow Marketplace's coverage of the debt-ceiling.

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