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Debt ceiling deadline looms
Published: May 25, 2023 11:49 PM
US house speaker Kevin McCarthy offers remarks on the current debt ceiling crisis negotiations in Statuary Hall at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, May 24, 2023. Ratings agency Fitch put the US' credit on watch for a possible downgrade on May 24, raising the stakes as talks over the country's debt ceiling go down to the wire, and adding to the jitters in global markets. Photo: VCG

US house speaker Kevin McCarthy offers remarks on the current debt ceiling crisis negotiations in Statuary Hall at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, May 24, 2023. Ratings agency Fitch put the US' credit on watch for a possible downgrade on May 24, raising the stakes as talks over the country's debt ceiling go down to the wire, and adding to the jitters in global markets. Photo: VCG