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Why the Debt Limit Spending Cuts Likely Won’t Shake the Economy

With low unemployment and above-trend inflation, the economy is well positioned to absorb the modest budget cuts that President Biden and Republicans negotiated.

By Jim Tankersley

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Time Is Running Out for Congress to Raise the Debt Ceiling

With a June 5 deadline looming, there is much to be done to prevent the default that leaders of both parties said would never happen.

By Carl Hulse

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Investors See Hope for a Debt Limit Deal

Stock and bond trading suggest that investors see an imminent deal to raise the debt limit and prevent the federal government from defaulting.

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Military Spending Emerges as Big Dispute in Debt-Limit Talks

President Biden has offered to freeze discretionary spending, including for defense. Republicans want to spend more for the military, and cut more elsewhere.

By Jim Tankersley

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