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Debt Ceiling: Geithner Won't Let Us Default

Donald Marron
January 20, 2011

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Treasury Secretary Geithner recently warned that the U.S. may default if Congress doesn't increase the federal debt limit. In this guest commentary at CNN Money, Donald Marron explains how Geithner will make sure that the U.S. does not default on the public debt, even if Congress is slow to increase borrowing authority.

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Federal Budget and Economy Federal debt
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