LEADERS NEGOTIATE DEBT CEILINGS AND SPENDING, FAILURES PLAY POLITICS The Business Advisor

BROOKINGS REPORT ON DEBT CEILING: https://www.brookings.edu/2023/01/25/how-worried-should-we-be-if-the-debt-ceiling-isnt-lifted/The debt limit caps the total amount of allowable outstanding U.S. federal debt. The U.S. hit that limit—$31.4 trillion—on January 19, 2023, but the Department of the Treasury has been undertaking a set of “extraordinary measures” so that the debt limit does not yet bind. The Treasury estimates that those measures will be sufficient at least through early June. Sometime after that, unless Congress raises or suspends the debt limit before June, the federal government will lack the cash to pay all its obligations. Those obligations are the result of laws previously enacted by Congress. “Raising the debt limit is not about new spending; it is about paying for previous choices policymakers legislated.” If you like my podcasts, please help by supporting me at: http://www.buymeacoffee.com/michaellodgeIf you would like to have a 60 minute business consultation session, go to my website at: http://www.lodge-co.comQuestions about business, send me an email at: thebusinessadvisor@zmail.com Get bonus content on Patreon The best place to learn about business is by joining our daily business podast: https://plus.acast.com/s/the-business-advisor.



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