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- S&P warns 1 in 10 US firms may default on debt https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-sp-firms-default-debt.html 13 comments
- Could a US debt default unleash global chaos? https://www.bbc.com/news/business-65633280 40 comments politics
- US senators agree to extend debt ceiling to avoid default https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58835517 4 comments worldnews
- US 'vulture fund' forces debt default by Argentina http://www.smh.com.au/world/us-vulture-fund-forces-debt-default-by-argentina-20140731-zyy83.html 9 comments worldnews
- IMF warns of 'major' consequences of US debt default http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24443806 11 comments worldnews
- US debt ceiling talks resume as default date ticks closer…. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-debt-ceiling-talks-paused-punchbowl-reporter-2023-05-19/ 18 comments wallstreetbets
- How Wall Street is preparing for possible US debt default https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/how-wall-street-is-preparing-possible-us-debt-default-2023-05-15/ 2 comments economics
- Yellen: US on track to default on national debt in October https://thehill.com/policy/finance/571237-yellen-us-on-track-to-default-on-national-debt-in-october 9 comments economy
- How should investors approach the possibility of the Trump administration defaulting on US debt? https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/5jj0ps/how_should_investors_approach_the_possibility_of/ 29 comments investing
- Michelle Bachmann says God wanted US debt default. http://dailycurrant.com/2013/10/14/bachmann-says-god-wants-u-s-debt-default-2/ 9 comments worldnews
- China ratings house says US already defaulting on Debt http://ca.news.yahoo.com/china-ratings-house-says-us-defaulting-report-054309883.html 7 comments business
- What happens if the US defaults? What you need to know as the debt ceiling deadline nears. https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2023/05/19/debt-ceiling-deadline-default-means/70229158007/ 54 comments politics
- Bank of America’s Moynihan says firm is preparing for US debt default https://thehill.com/policy/finance/3845901-bank-of-america-ceo-preparing-for-us-debt-default/ 4 comments economy
- US could use imperial Chinese debt to ‘simply default’ on Beijing’s $1 trillion of US bond holdings https://www.rt.com/business/467802-china-imperial-debt-us/?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fzen.yandex.com 24 comments worldnews
- A plausible example of what happens if the US defaults on its debt, and it ain't pretty http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/10/what-happens-if-we-actually-truly-default.html 7 comments politics
- Lead republican negotiator for raising the debt ceiling has bet big on a US default. http://www.salon.com/news/eric_cantor/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2011/06/27/eric_cantor_conflict_of_interest 8 comments reddit.com
- The US debt situation looks ‘unsustainable,’ and corporate defaults are rising, IMF warns https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-debt-situation-looks-unsustainable-000048987.html 57 comments economics
- US debt default could trigger dollar’s collapse and mangle its international reputation https://www.guardianmag.us/2023/02/us-debt-default-could-trigger-dollars.html 291 comments economics
- Russian Debt Default Odds Jump to 90% As US Seen Blocking Bond Payments https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/bonds/russia-debt-default-odds-90-percent-us-blocks-bond-payments-2022-5 23 comments worldnews
- If you missed it: Republican Rep. Calls For Default On The Debt: ‘It Could Benefit Us To Go Through A Period Of Crisis’ http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/05/19/173961/nunes-calls-for-default/ 36 comments politics
- The US has defaulted on its debts. In 1979 it happened accidentally and cost us billions. No modern political party has been willing to default on purpose, until now. http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/delayed-payments-in-1979-offer-glimpse-of-default-consequences/2011/07/10/giqarrbj7h_story.html?hpid=z1 4 comments politics
- Other Nations Baffled, Horrified by Very Idea of a Debt Ceiling as GOP Pushes US Toward Default https://www.commondreams.org/news/other-nations-horrified-debt-ceiling 121 comments politics
- Is the US going to run out of money? | The US government is just 19 days away from running out of money and careering into a historic default on its debt https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/0/us-going-run-money/ 46 comments cryptocurrency
- Bad debts: Write-offs big fraud, give us defaulter list, orders Supreme Court http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/bad-debts-rbi-supreme-court-bank-defaulters/ 25 comments india
- Ron Paul's says we should not raise the debt limit and let the US default - :O http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/u/us_paul_debt_ceiling?site=ap&section=home&template=default&ctime=2011-07-14-21-33-33 14 comments politics
- US to end Russia's ability to pay international investors, "making a Russian default on its debts for the first time since the Bolshevik Revolution all but inevitable." https://apnews.com/article/20dbb506790dddc6f019fa7fdf265514 4443 comments worldnews
- Mitch McConnell is struggling to get Senate Republicans behind his debt deal as the US nears possible default within two weeks https://www.businessinsider.com/senate-gop-mcconnell-debt-deal-us-nears-default-2021-10 59 comments politics
- Biden slams 'irresponsible' Republican effort to block an increase to the debt limit, potentially pushing the US to an unprecedented and catastrophic default https://www.businessinsider.com.au/biden-calls-republican-effort-to-block-an-increase-to-the-debt-limit-irresponsible-2021-10?_ga=2.125840264.402884013.1632212932-9047110 89 comments politics
- China’s 2nd largest real estate developer, Evergrande on brink of $300 billion debt default, more than entirety of all assets lost during US subprime crisis. https://www.barrons.com/articles/why-china-could-seek-controlled-detonation-for-troubled-developer-evergrande-51631577210 6 comments worldnews
- "It isn’t going to take much to topple the current financial order. It could be a Greek debt default in June or it may be something else. But when it does collapse, it is going to usher in the greatest economic crisis that any of us have ever seen." https://www.thesleuthjournal.com/is-the-505-trillion-dollar-interest-rate-derivatives-bubble-in-imminent-jeopardy/ 16 comments economy
- "While US politicians grapple with how to reopen their shuttered government and avoid a potentially disastrous default on their debt, the world should consider 'de-Americanising', a commentary on China's official news agency said Sunday [13 October 2013]." http://www.france24.com/en/20131013-de-americanised-world-needed-after-us-shutdown-china-media 5 comments worldnews
- As the government shutdown grinds toward a potential debt default, some of the US’s most influential business execs have come to a conclusion all but unthinkable a few years ago: Their voices carry little weight with the GOP majority that their millions...in campaign contributions helped build. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/10/us/business-groups-see-loss-of-sway-over-house-gop.html?_r=0 11 comments politics
- Treasury Secretary Lew: The Government will reach its Debt Limit by October 17...if Congress does not act, the Treasury will not have enough money to pay its debts and the US Government will DEFAULT. http://presspass.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/06/20841146-treasury-secretary-sounds-warning-on-debt-limit 10 comments politics
- Argentina tells court it will resist debt demands - Argentina has signalled to a US court that it will resist demands by a group of investors to repay them in full 11 years after its huge debt default. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21610884 16 comments worldnews
- Republican House Speaker John Boehner quits debt talks with Obama, US faces defaulting. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14258888 4 comments politics
- Baby Boomers begin to turn 65 this year, so it is time for the US Government to default on its debt so it doesn't have to deal with paying social security to those people, because it is already at its debt limit. The jig is up! http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/world-news/debt-limit-d-day-to-spell-tough-choices-for-obama_544032.html 4 comments politics
- "Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said if Congress fails to lift the debt ceiling and the U.S. defaults on its obligations 'this abrupt contraction would likely push us into a double dip recession,' painting the most explicitly dire prediction to date of the consequences of inaction." http://nationaljournal.com/economy/geithner-predicts-double-dip-if-congress-fails-to-lift-debt-ceiling-20110514 3 comments politics
- Republicans are threatening to let the US default on debt, triggering a catastrophe worse than the one we just weathered, if they don't get their way on a plan to privatize Medicare and largely eliminate Medicaid to pay for a 10% tax cut for the highest income earners. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/us/politics/10debt.html? 33 comments politics
- Reddit listen to my theory. Mitch McConnell just said 47 Republicans will vote to let US default on it's debt. Let's make this happen! If we default global capitalism will crumble, and we will see revolution in the streets of America. http://thinkprogress.org/2011/03/13/mcconnell-all-47-republicans-will-vote-to-hold-the-debt-ceiling-hostage/ 21 comments politics
- US Debt Default - A Tea Party Promise (if Rand Paul filibusters raising the debt ceiling, we're fucked!) http://www.squarestate.net/diary/976/us-debt-default-a-tea-party-promise 7 comments politics