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Debt talks: Are we ready for Plan C?

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David Gura
Jul 15, 2011
President Obama told lawmakers that "it's decision time" for the ongoing debt talks. But is there an actual deal within reach?
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Credit agencies heighten warning on U.S. debt

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Heidi N. Moore
Jul 14, 2011
As politicians quarrel over a deal to raise the debt limit, Moody's joins Standard & Poor's in warning it might cut the U.S. credit rating.
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The debt talks: Democrats, Republicans and you

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Jul 11, 2011
The latest in the political discourse concerning the debt ceiling, and what people on the streets are saying.
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The difference between a $2 trillion and a $4 trillion deficit cut

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Jul 11, 2011
Mark Zandi, chief economist with Moody's Analytics, explains the political differences between the two options for deficit cutting, and what it would mean to miss the August 2 deadline.
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Deadlocked debt talks may move past 'grand bargains'

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David Gura
Jul 11, 2011
The national debt debates halted over the weekend as Congressional Democrats and Republicans reached a stalemate over tax cuts. As the deadline for a solution approaches, are investors getting nervous?

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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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