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By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK A default on U.S. Treasury debt would be a leap into the

By David Lawder and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON The U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary on Monday dismissed the idea of

Americans' debt levels continue to climb to new heights at a time when economic conditions are becoming increasingly less stable.

By Nyasha Chingono HARARE The African Development Bank (AFDB) has developed financial instruments to "fast track and front

By David Morgan, Jeff Mason and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON President Joe Biden and congressional Republicans enter a critical

By Davide Barbuscia and Pete Schroeder NEW YORK/WASHINGTON As talks over raising the U.S. government's $31.4 trillion debt

By David Lawder WASHINGTON President Joe Biden's administration and Republicans in the U.S. Congress are in talks to

REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware U.S. President Joe Biden said he expects to meet with Congressional leaders Tuesday for talks

A top US economic official said Sunday that talks between congressional staff and the White House have been "constructive" as the US barrels toward a debt limit deadline that could come as soon as June 1.

WASHINGTON President Joe Biden said on Saturday that talks with Congress on raising the U.S. government's debt limit

By Andrea Shalal NIIGATA, Japan Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Saturday called the showdown over raising the U.S.

After a week of meetings on the debt ceiling, Congress, the White House and the country still do not have a clear path forward to avoid a cataclysmic default with just four days when both the House and Senate are scheduled to be in session before June 1, when the US could default on its obligations. On one hand, it looks like this could go to the brink. On the other, there have been pockets of progress over the intervening days and signs that some of the most stringent and hardened positions negotiators have been echoing over the last three months are slowly beginning to soften.