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As Debt Ceiling Threat Looms, Wall Street and Washington Have Only Rough Plans

A default would most likely rattle markets and carry big risks, no matter how the Federal Reserve and Treasury try to curb the fallout.

By Jeanna Smialek and Joe Rennison

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The U.S. May Finally Breach the Debt Ceiling. Here’s Why That Would Be Very Bad.

If Congress fails to increase the government’s borrowing limit in time, the result would be a shock to the economy and financial markets.

By Alan Rappeport Jim Tankersley and Jeanna Smialek

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Fed President Backs Slowdown as Support Mounts for Smaller Rate Move

Susan M. Collins, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, said she was leaning toward a quarter-point move at the central bank’s Feb. 1 meeting.

By Jeanna Smialek

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Eurozone Inflation Eases on Lower Energy Prices

The rate of price increases in countries using the euro slowed to 9.2 percent in December, down from 10.1 percent a month earlier.

By Patricia Cohen

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