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  2. Debt crisis - Wikipedia

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    The European debt crisis is a crisis affecting several eurozone countries since the end of 2009. [7] [8] Member states affected by this crisis were unable to repay their government debt or to bail out indebted financial institutions without the assistance of third-parties (namely the International Monetary Fund, European Commission, and the European Central Bank).

  3. Explainer-What is a government shutdown and what is the debt ...

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    Because the government spends more money than it collects in tax revenue, lawmakers need to periodically tackle the issue -- a politically difficult task, as many are reluctant to vote for more debt.

  4. Government debt - Wikipedia

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    A country's gross government debt (also called public debt or sovereign debt [1]) is the financial liabilities of the government sector. [2]: 81 Changes in government debt over time reflect primarily borrowing due to past government deficits. [3] A deficit occurs when a government's expenditures exceed revenues.

  5. 2023 United States debt-ceiling crisis - Wikipedia

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    The United States debt ceiling is a legislative limit that determines how much debt the Treasury Department may incur. [23] It was introduced in 1917, when Congress voted to give Treasury the right to issue bonds for financing America participating in World War I, [24] rather than issuing them for individual projects, as had been the case in the past.

  6. The Real Problem With Government Debt and How It Trickles ...

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    Rising government debt levels have seemingly always been in the headlines. In recent years, U.S. debt levels have become political, with one side of the aisle often refusing to raise the debt limit...

  7. America’s debt problem is storing up trouble for the ... - AOL

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    The IMF said Wednesday that increased government spending, growing public debt and elevated interest rates in the United States had contributed to high and volatile yields — or interest rates ...

  8. 2011 United States debt-ceiling crisis - Wikipedia

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    If the proposed expenditure exceeds the revenues that have been collected, there is a deficit or shortfall, which can only be financed by the government, through the Department of the Treasury, borrowing the shortfall amount by the issue of debt instruments. Under federal law, the amount that the government can borrow is limited by the debt ...

  9. I Have to Pay My Debt, So Why Doesn’t the US Government? The ...

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    Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned that hitting the debt ceiling may ’cause irreparable harm to the U.S. economy, the livelihoods of all Americans, and global financial stability ...