United States debt ceiling
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title:
United States debt ceiling
text:
In the United States, the debt ceiling or debt limit is a legislative limit on the amount of national debt that can be incurred by the U.S. Treasury, thus limiting how much money the federal government may pay by borrowing more money, on the debt it already borrowed. The debt ceiling is an aggregate figure that applies to gross debt, which includes debt in the hands of the public and intra-government accounts. About 0.5 percent of the debt is not covered by the ceiling. Because expenditures are
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Limit on the amount of debt the U.S. can owe
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_debt_ceiling
date created:
2011-04-11T01:20:42Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T02:25:59Z
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