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| Subject: More jawboning: Obama in emergency talks to secure US debt deal Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:53 pm | |
| US President Barack Obama has held an emergency meeting with congressional leaders in a last-ditch bid to avert an economically catastrophic debt default.
Mr Obama called the meeting after talks with Republican House Speaker John Boehner broke down on Friday.
Both Democrats and Republicans are divided on how to control future spending.
Congress must approve a plan to raise America's debt ceiling before the 2 August default deadline.
If the US fails to meet the deadline to raise the $14.3tn limit on US borrowing, the Treasury could run out of money to pay all of its bills - which could lead to interest rate rises, threaten the US economic recovery and in turn the global recovery.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14263644 |
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