The United States will reach the debt ceiling authorized by Congress next Thursday, Finance Minister Janet Yellen warned in a letter on Friday, unless the latter acts quickly by voting for a new limit.
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In her letter, addressed to the Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, Janet Yellen underlined that from Thursday and in the absence of new ceilings, the Treasury will have to
"take extraordinary measures"
in order to avoid that the country
“does not default on its obligations”
.
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