News
Politico | Clock running on debt ceiling
There have been conversations between Speaker John Boehner’s office and the White House on lifting the debt limit, but no negotiations over a package, according to sources familiar with the talks.
Econ Comments & Analysis
CBO | Monthly Budget Review for January 2014
The federal government ran a budget deficit of $184 billion for the first four months of fiscal year 2014, CBO estimates—$107 billion less than the shortfall recorded in the same span last year.
Blogs
Heritage Foundation | The Debt Ceiling Returns as National Debt Reaches $17.3 Trillion
The U.S. national debt has reached nearly $17.3 trillion. When the Treasury’s blank-check borrowing authority expired at midnight last night, the U.S. officially hit its debt limit.
