Fiscal and Economic News from
Around the Nation

May 2023

Source: NPR
May 25, 2023
5 Things People Get Wrong About the Debt Ceiling Saga
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Source: The Washington Post
May 24, 2023
GOP Unites in Brinkmanship Over Default, Rejecting Biden Compromises
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Source: POLITICO
May 24, 2023
Fitch Warns of Possible Credit Downgrade With Debt Limit Deadlock
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Source: The New York Times
May 24, 2023
Potential Debt Ceiling Deal Would Barely Change Federal Spending Path
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Source: The Washington Post
May 23, 2023
As Funds Run Short, Treasury Asks Agencies if Payments Can Be Made Later
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Source: The New York Times
May 22, 2023
Debt Limit Negotiators Debate Spending Caps to Break Standoff
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Source: POLITICO
May 22, 2023
Biden-McCarthy Meeting Ends ‘Better’ — but With No Clear Path to Deal
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Source: The New York Times
May 18, 2023
When Will the U.S. Run Out of Cash? The Answer Is Complicated.
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Source: The Washington Post
May 17, 2023
The Negotiators Hammering Out a Debt Ceiling Deal
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Source: POLITICO
May 17, 2023
Why a Debt Limit Deal Could Sink the Financial Markets
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Source: POLITICO
May 17, 2023
‘A Better Process’ but Not Much Progress: Where Debt Talks Stand After Tuesday’s Meeting
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Source: The Washington Post
May 16, 2023
Negotiators See Progress on Debt Ceiling, as Biden’s Liberal Allies Worry
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Source: Roll Call
May 16, 2023
Debt Limit Talks Pared Down to Proxies for Biden, McCarthy
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Source: The New York Times
May 16, 2023
Biden and McCarthy Set for More Talks as Debt Limit Deadline Nears
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Source: The Wall Street Journal
May 16, 2023
Tentative Progress but No Deal Ahead of Biden Debt-Ceiling Meeting
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Source: POLITICO
May 16, 2023
Centrist Dems Are Plotting a Save-McCarthy Strategy for the Debt Fight
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Source: The New York Times
May 10, 2023
How Might the Government Avoid Default? Biden Offers Clues.
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Source: The Wall Street Journal
May 10, 2023
What Happens to Social Security Benefits if the U.S. Hits the Debt Limit?
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Source: Roll Call
May 9, 2023
No Debt Deal, but Biden, Hill Leaders Agree to Meet Again
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Source: AP News
May 9, 2023
Deal or Default? Biden, GOP Must Decide What’s on the Table
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Source: POLITICO
May 9, 2023
What Each Congressional Leader Wants Out of the Big Biden Meeting — and What They’ll Likely Get
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Source: The New York Times
May 9, 2023
‘There Are No Good Options’: The U.S. Is Running Out of Money
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Source: The New York Times
May 8, 2023
What Would the G.O.P. Plan Actually Do to the Budget?
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Source: The New York Times
May 8, 2023
In Debt Limit Talks, Biden and Republicans Start Far Apart
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Source: The Washington Post
May 8, 2023
Biden Aides See Major Risks in Circumventing Congress on Debt Ceiling
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