US midterms could trigger a debt ceiling showdown worse than 2011
Some readers, especially non-Americans, might wonder what the recurring squabbles in Washington over the debt ceiling and government shutdowns mean. That’s understandable. In virtually every country in the world, when the legislature approves a budget that results in net new borrowing of, say, 50 billion euros (US$55.8 billion), the government is thereby authorised to take on that debt to finance…
We haven't written up this one. South China Morning Post has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.
