Showing posts with label government debt ceiling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label government debt ceiling. Show all posts

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Obama warns of 'economic shutdown' as debt deadline approaches

WASHINGTON: Faced with the looming prospect of a debt default, President Barack Obama today appealed to Congress to pass the budget while pushing Republicans to agree to hike the borrowing limit to prevent an "economic shutdown".

Friday, October 4, 2013

Friday, January 4, 2013

US fiscal deal could spell trouble for Asia's investment winners

HONG KONG: A resolution to the US fiscal cliff crisis, messy and protracted as it was, provided an immediate boost for financial markets but longer term could spell trouble for some Asian assets that are coming off a stellar 2012.